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Awareness of Diagnosis Predicts Changes in Quality of Life in Individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Stage Dementia

Posted: | Shana D. Stites, Jonathan D. Rubright, Kristin Harkins, Jason Karlawish

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry: Volume 38 - Issue 6, e5939

 

This observational study examined how awareness of diagnosis predicted changes in cognition and quality of life (QOL) 1 year later in older adults with normal cognition and dementia diagnoses.

Category:Health Professions

Commentary: On the Importance of the Speed-Ability Trade-Off When Dealing with Not Reached Items

Posted: | S. Pohl, M. von Davier

Front. Psychol. 9:1988

 

In their 2018 article, (T&B) discuss how to deal with not reached items due to low working speed in ability tests (Tijmstra and Bolsinova, 2018). An important contribution of the paper is focusing on the question of how to define the targeted ability measure. This note aims to add further aspects to this discussion and to propose alternative approaches.

Category:Assessment-Oriented Research, Reliability/Validity, General Measurement

Relationships Between Cognitive Complaints and Quality of Life in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Alzheimer Disease Dementia, and Normal Cognition

Posted: | S. D. Stites, K. Harkins, J. D. Rubright, J. Karlawish

Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders: October–December 2018 - Volume 32 - Issue 4 - p 276-283

 

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between self-reports of cognitive complaints and quality of life (QOL) in persons with varying degrees of cognitive impairment.

Category:Health Professions