A Multi-focus Assessment Scale for Use With Frail Elderly Populations

Coval, M.; Crockett, David J.; Holliday, Stephen G.; Koch, William L.

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“…Multi‐Focus Assessment Scale 14 This scale consists of eight interviewer‐administered subscales. The Social Behavior Skills (MAS‐Social Behavior Skills) subscale assesses the quality of the patient's social interaction skills.…”

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“…The Mood (MAS‐Mood) subscale is a measure of positive mood, and the Accessibility (MAS‐Accessibility) subscale measures capacity to attend to conversations or instructions. The Multifocus Assessment Scale has been shown to have satisfactory reliability and validity 14 , 15 . High scores on the Multifocus Assessment Scale are indicative of good functioning.…”

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Neuropsychological Deficits, Caregivers' Perception of Deficits and Caregiver Burden

Hadjistavropoulos

Taylor²,

Tuokko³

et al. 1994

J American Geriatrics Society

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The results are consistent with the Lazarus and Folkman model of stress and coping; the caregiver's perceptions of the patient's functioning were the most important determinants of caregiver burden. Objective patient deficits influenced caregiver burden indirectly by influencing caregiver perceptions of patient deficits. These findings suggest that practitioners attempting to assess and manage caregiver burden should attend to the caregivers' perceptions of patient mood and everyday functioning. The relationship of caregiver appraisals with actual patient deficits also sheds light on the nature of caregiver stress.

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Neuropsychological Deficits, Caregivers' Perception of Deficits and Caregiver Burden

Hadjistavropoulos

Taylor²,

Tuokko³

et al. 1994

J American Geriatrics Society

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“…Detailed neuropsychological examination was performed with a test battery which included the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (Wechsler,198 l), Raven's Progressive Matrices (Raven, 1965), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (Berg, 1948), Word Fluency Test (Benton and Hamsher, 1978), Wechsler Memory Scale (Wechslcr, 1945), Benton Visual Retention (Benton, 1974), Rey Auditory Learning Test (Rey, 19591, and the Jacobs Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination (Jacobs et al, 1977). Patients with dementia identified by these tests were assessed further by using the Mattis Dementia Scale (Coblentz et al, 1973), the Multi-Focus Assessment Scale for the Frail Elderly (Coval et al, 1985), and the Token Test (Boller and Vignolo, 1966). If a demented patient could not complete a more difficult test, an easier one was employed to evaluate residual abilities.…”

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“…Patients with dementia identified by these tests were assessed further by using the Mattis Dementia Scale (Coblentz et al, 1973), the Multi-Focus Assessment Scale for the Frail Elderly (Coval et al, 1985), and the Token Test (Boller and Vignolo, 1966). If a demented patient could not complete a more difficult test, an easier one was employed to evaluate residual abilities.…”

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Cortical glucose metabolism in parkinson's and alzheimer's disease

Peppard

Martin

Clark

et al. 1990

J of Neuroscience Research

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Characteristic regional patterns of decreased cerebral glucose metabolism (rCMRG) have been described in a variety of neurodegenerative conditions associated with dementia. The present study was undertaken to determine whether the metabolic pattern in Parkinson's disease is altered by the presence of impaired cognitive function. Glucose metabolism was measured with positron emission tomography in 6 patients with Parkinson's disease and dementia (PDD), 8 patients with Parkinson's disease and normal cognition (PD), and 6 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD). All AD patients subsequently had the diagnosis proven neuropathologically at autopsy. Correlation coefficients of the metabolic rates across 32 regions of interest were calculated between each pair of patients. Q-component analysis of the correlation matrix showed that the AD and PD groups formed two distinct clusters and that the PDD group had a metabolic pattern which was similar to that of the AD group. Comparison of standardized rCMRG values showed that the PDD group differed from the PD group in having significantly lower relative rCMRG in the left perirolandic and bilateral angular gyrus regions. There were no significant differences between the PDD and AD groups. These results suggest a similar pattern of cortical dysfunction in both Alzheimer's disease and in Parkinson's disease/dementia.

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“…Additional routine diagnostic procedures include a CT scan of the head, chest x-ray and electrocardiogram. A detailed battery of neuropsychological tests is given and includes (i) the Multi-focus Assessment Scale (MAS) which measures social behaviour, auditory and visual receptive language skills, expressive language skills, orientation, mood and accessibility for testing; 12 He initially presented to the Alzheimer Clinic in April 1985 with a diagnosis of "unipolar depression" and "pseudodementia" caused by anxiety because of a strong family history of AD (see Figure 1).…”

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The Differential Diagnosis of Adult Onset Metachromatic Leukodystrophy and Early Onset Familial Alzheimer Disease in an Alzheimer Clinic Population

Sadovnick

Tuokko²,

Da³

et al. 1993

Can. j. neurol. sci.

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Clinical differentiation between forms of progressive dementia can prove difficult, particularly when relatively rare forms of dementia are involved. Factors such as family history of dementia, age at onset, presenting features such as personality change, cognitive deficits, psychiatric symptoms, and clinical course (progressive deterioration; retention of skills over time) may prove useful for directing investigations to identify underlying pathology and genetic implications. This is illustrated by two patient reports. Each patient had the onset of memory/behavioral problems at approximately age 40 years, was initially given a psychiatric, non-dementing diagnosis, and had a positive family history for early onset behavioral and memory problems. After longitudinal assessment, the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease was confirmed at autopsy in one patient and a diagnosis of familial, adult-onset metachromatic leukodystrophy in the other. RESUME: Diagnostic differentiel de la leucodystrophie metachromatique de I'adulte et de la maladie d'Alzheimer familiale dans une clinique d'Alzheimer. II peut etre difficile de differencier cliniquement les formes progressives de demence, particulierement quand il s'agit de formes relativement rares. Des facteurs comme une histoire familiale de demence, l'age de debut, les manifestations initiales, telles les changements de personnalite, les deficits cognitifs, les symptomes psychiatriques, et 1'evolution clinique (la deterioration progressive, la preservation a travers 1'evolution de certaines habiletes) peuvent s'averer utiles pour orienter l'investigation dans le but d'identifier la pathologie sous-jacente et les implications genetiques. Nous rapportons deux cas qui illustrent ce fait. Les problemes de memoire/de comportement ont commence vers l'age de 40 ans chez chacun des deux patients, tous les deux ont reiju un diagnostic psychiatrique ne comportant pas de demence et avaient une histoire familiale positive de problemes precoces de comportement et de memoire. A la suite d'une evaluation longitudinale, le diagnostic de maladie d'Alzheimer a ete confirme a l'autopsie chez un patient et un diagnostique de leucodystrophie metachromatique de I'adulte chez I'autre.

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A Multi-focus Assessment Scale for Use With Frail Elderly Populations

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Neuropsychological Deficits, Caregivers' Perception of Deficits and Caregiver Burden

Neuropsychological Deficits, Caregivers' Perception of Deficits and Caregiver Burden

Cortical glucose metabolism in parkinson's and alzheimer's disease

The Differential Diagnosis of Adult Onset Metachromatic Leukodystrophy and Early Onset Familial Alzheimer Disease in an Alzheimer Clinic Population

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