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Screening of Cognitive Changes in Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review.
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- Early Markers for Dementia in the Intellectual Disability Population: A Systematic Literature Review.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Pooled it
- Assessment of cognitive function in individuals with Down syndrome and dementia: a systematic review.Dementia & neuropsychologia · 2025Review
- Assessing the Relationship of Brain Metabolites to Cortical Thickness and Dementia Symptoms in Adults with Down Syndrome: A Pilot Study.Brain sciences · 2024Article
- Physical Fitness Variables, General Health, Dementia and Quality of Life in Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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- The Global Deterioration Scale for Down Syndrome Population (GDS-DS): A Rating Scale to Assess the Progression of Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Effects of Physical Exercise Program in Adults with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities-A Study Protocol.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Article
- A New Screening Tool for Rapid Diagnosis of Functional and Environmental Factors Influencing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Serious Games for Executive Functions Training for Adults with Intellectual Disability: Overview.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
- The Pictorial Screening Memory Test (P-MIS) for Adults with Moderate Intellectual Disability and Alzheimer's Disease.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimsScreening and assessment of cognitive changes in adults with Intellectual Disabilities (ID), mainly Down Syndrome (DS), is crucial to offer appropriate services to their needs. We present a systematic review of the existing instruments assessing dementia, aiming to support researchers and clinicians' best practice.
methodsSearches were carried out in the databases Web of Science; PubMed; PsycINFO in March 2019 and updated in October 2020. Studies were selected and examined if they: (1) focused on assessing age-related cognitive changes in persons with ID; (2) included adults and/or older adults; (3) included scales and batteries for cognitive assessment.
resultsForty-eight cross-sectional studies and twenty-seven longitudinal studies were selected representing a total sample of 6451 participants (4650 DS and 1801 with other ID). In those studies, we found 39 scales, questionnaires, and inventories, and 13 batteries for assessing cognitive and behavioural changes in adults with DS and other ID.
conclusionThe most used instrument completed by an informant or carer was the Dementia Questionnaire for Learning Disabilities (DLD), and its previous versions. We discuss the strengths and limitations of the instruments and outline recommendations for future use.
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