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ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2020

An Informant-Based Simple Questionnaire for Visuospatial Dysfunction Assessment in Dementia.

Ching-Tsu Wang, Guang-Uei Hung, Cheng-Yu Wei, Ray-Chang Tzeng, Pai-Yi Chiu

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Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ching-Tsu WangDepartment of Neurology, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Guang-Uei HungDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Cheng-Yu WeiDepartment of Exercise and Health Promotion, College of Education, Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan.
Ray-Chang TzengDepartment of Neurology, Tainan Municipal Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Pai-Yi ChiuDepartment of Neurology, Show Chwan Memorial Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Chang Bing Show Chwan Memorial Hospital · TWTainan Municipal Hospital · TWChinese Culture University · TW

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesVisuospatial dysfunction (VSD) is one of the most important symptoms for the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB). The aim of this study was to validate a novel VSD questionnaire and determine the cutoff score for the screening for VSD in DLB.

methodsThis is a retrospective analysis of data from a project of the History-based Artificial Intelligent Clinical Dementia Diagnostic System (HAICDDS). VSD of non-demented control (NDC), Alzheimer's disease (AD), and DLB participants were analyzed and compared using the visuospatial questionnaire in the HAICDDS (HAI-VSQ), the Draw subscale in the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI-Draw), and the visuospatial subscale in Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-VS).

resultsA total of 440 individuals were studied, including 154 NDC, 229 AD, and 57 DLB participants. Compared to NDC or AD participants, DLB participants showed a higher total score on HAI-VSQ after adjustment for age. Using HAI-VSQ, a cutoff score ≥ 2 was useful for the screening for VSD in DLB with a sensitivity of 0.77 and a specificity of 0.94. Compared with CASI-Draw or MoCA-VS, HAI-VSQ was least influenced by gender, age, and education and had the highest correlation with the sum of boxes of the Clinical Dementia Rating scale. After adjustment for age, education, gender, and global cognitive function, HAI-VSQ significantly discriminated DLB from AD and NDC whereas MoCA-VS or CASI-Draw did not.

conclusionOur study showed that the newly designed simple questionnaire was a practical screening tool for VSD in DLB that can be applied in clinical practice as well as on a registration platform.

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Alzheimer’s diseasecognitive abilitiesdementia with Lewy bodiesscreening toolsvisuospatial dysfunction

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