Comparing Mattis Dementia Rating Scale--initiation/perseveration subset and frontal assessment battery in stroke associated with small vessel disease

J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2007 Feb;29(2):160-9. doi: 10.1080/13803390600582453.

Abstract

Forty-two controls and 32 patients with stroke associated with small vessel disease (SSVD) were administered the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale Initiation / Perseveration subset (MDRS I/P) and Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB). Both tests showed comparably good ability in Receiver Operating Characteristics curves analysis (AUCMDRS I/P=0.887; AUC FAB=0.854, p=.833) in discriminating between controls and patients and correctly classified over 78% of subjects. Verbal fluency and motor programming contributed most to the discriminating power in the two tests. The MDRS I/P and FAB are useful in discriminating between controls and SSVD patients in a hospital setting.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Area Under Curve
  • Cerebral Infarction / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / psychology
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / complications
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / pathology
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / psychology*
  • Dementia / pathology
  • Dementia / psychology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Frontal Lobe / pathology
  • Frontal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Interview, Psychological
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neuropsychological Tests*
  • Psychometrics
  • ROC Curve
  • Reference Values
  • Regression Analysis
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Stroke / pathology
  • Stroke / psychology*
  • Verbal Behavior / physiology