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Erschienen in: neuropsychiatrie 3/2015

01.10.2015 | Original Article

Visuo-constructional functions in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease

verfasst von: Priv. Doz. Mag. Dr. Johann Lehrner, PhD, Harald Krakhofer, MA, Claus Lamm, PhD, Stefan Macher, MD, Doris Moser, PhD, Stefanie Klug, MA, Peter Dal-Bianco, MD, Walter Pirker, MD, Eduard Auff, MD, Gisela Pusswald, PhD

Erschienen in: neuropsychiatrie | Ausgabe 3/2015

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Summary

Background

Several recently proposed criteria for assessing cognitive disorder require measuring the cognitive domain of visuo-constructional function. The aims of the present study were to develop a new test (Vienna Visuo-constructional Test—VVT) measuring visuo-constructional functions and to determine the reliability and validity of the VVT in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We further examined age and sex effects and the psychometric quality of the VVT.

Methods

The study included 76 healthy controls and 103 patients who were referred to the Department of Neurology, Medical University of Vienna for neurocognitive assessment. An administering and scoring system for the VVT was developed.

Results

Internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha) was found to range from 0.82 for the healthy control group to 0.93 for the total patient group. There was no sex effect, but age had a negative effect on VVT performance. The VVT successfully differentiated healthy controls from MCI patients, AD patients, and PD patients, respectively.

Conclusion

The VVT shows satisfactory validity and reliability and can be administered easily in clinical practice. It constitutes a new measure that can successfully be used to identify visuo-constructional problems in patients with cognitive dysfunction.
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Metadaten
Titel
Visuo-constructional functions in patients with mild cognitive impairment, Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease
verfasst von
Priv. Doz. Mag. Dr. Johann Lehrner, PhD
Harald Krakhofer, MA
Claus Lamm, PhD
Stefan Macher, MD
Doris Moser, PhD
Stefanie Klug, MA
Peter Dal-Bianco, MD
Walter Pirker, MD
Eduard Auff, MD
Gisela Pusswald, PhD
Publikationsdatum
01.10.2015
Verlag
Springer Vienna
Erschienen in
neuropsychiatrie / Ausgabe 3/2015
Print ISSN: 0948-6259
Elektronische ISSN: 2194-1327
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40211-015-0141-2

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