The Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of Older People with Down’s Syndrome and Others with Intellectual Disabilities (CAMDEX-DS)

Association of Dementia With Mortality Among Adults With Down Syndrome Older Than 35 Years

“… 17 To confirm dementia status, 2 ID psychiatrists independently reviewed dementia symptoms for a sample of individuals blind to original clinical diagnoses using items mapping to International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Fourth Edition) dementia criteria from the structured interview of the Cambridge Examination of Mental Disorders of Older People With Down Syndrome and Others With Intellectual Disabilities. 18 The presence of significant cognitive decline owing to dementia was confirmed in 86% of individuals and the remaining 14% showing some degree of cognitive decline (possible dementia) (total n = 36). Because dementia is a progressive disease with a prodromal period spanning many years, individuals diagnosed during follow-up were included in the dementia group.…”

An Exploratory Study Investigating How Adults with Intellectual Disabilities Perform on the Visual Association Test (VAT)

“…Although validity for the CAMCOG‐DS has not yet been established, the CAMCOG has been shown to be reliable and has excellent internal reliability. Cronbach's alpha was 0.82 and 0.89 in different samples (Holland & Ball ).…”

A review of measures used in the screening, assessment and diagnosis of dementia in people with an intellectual disability

“…Those with a diagnosis of dementia at baseline assessment were significantly ( p < .005) more likely to show decline than those without a diagnosis at baseline assessment. Those with a diagnosis showed eight times more deterioration throughout the 6 years of observation (Holland & Ball, ). The CAMDEX‐DS also showed high sensitivity (0.88) and specificity (0.94) values (Ball et al., ).…”