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Observational studyArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria2023

Addenbrooke's cognitive examination III: diagnostic utility for detecting mild cognitive impairment and dementia in Parkinson's disease.

Nariana Mattos Figueiredo Sousa, Sonia Maria Dozzi Brucki

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Observational study in Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Subjective cognitive complaints in cognitively unimpaired Parkinson's disease: Associations with affective burden, motor severity, and awareness-related processes.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  4. Lewy Body Dementia Research in Latin America: A Scoping Review.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

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Nariana Mattos Figueiredo SousaRede SARAH de Hospitais de Reabilitação, Programa Reabilitação Neurológica, Salvador BA, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0001-7808-8020
Sonia Maria Dozzi BruckiUniversidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, Departamento de Neurologia, São Paulo SP, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-8303-6732
Universidade de São Paulo · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCognitive deficit in Parkinson disease (PD) is an important cause of functional disability in these patients and early detection, with sensitive instruments, can contribute to longitudinal monitoring.

objectiveTo investigate the diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity of the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-III in patients with PD, using the comprehensive neuropsychological battery as reference method.

methodsCross-sectional, observational, case-control study.

settingrehabilitation service. A total of 150 patients and 60 healthy controls matched for age, sex, and education. For level I assessment, Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination (ACE-III) was used. Level II assessment used a comprehensive neuropsychological battery of standardized tests for this population. All patients remained in on-state during the study. The diagnostic accuracy of the battery was investigated through the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis.

resultsThe clinical group was divided into 3 subgroups: normal cognition in Parkinson's disease (NC-PD-16%), mild cognitive impairment due to Parkinson's disease (MCI-PD-69.33%), and dementia due to Parkinson's disease (D-PD-14.66%). ACE-III optimal cutoff scores for detecting MCI-PD and D-PD were 85/100 (sensitivity 58.65%, specificity 60%) and 81/100 points (sensitivity 77.27%, specificity 78.33%), respectively. Age was inversely associated with the performance of the scores (totals and domains of the ACE-III), while the level of education had a significantly positive correlation in the performance of these scores.

conclusionsACE-III is a useful battery for assessing the cognitive domains and to differentiate individuals with MCI-PD and D-PD from healthy controls. Future research, in a community setting, is necessary to provide discriminatory capacity of ACE-III in the different severities of dementia.

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Cognitive DysfunctionDementiaDisability EvaluationParkinson DiseaseSeverity of Illness IndexAgedBrazilCase-Control StudiesCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeuropsychological Tests

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PMID36863401
PMCPMC10033197
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