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The Hierarchic Dementia Scale: Usage

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Horst Bickel
Affiliation:
Department of Epidemiological Psychiatry, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany

Abstract

The reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the Hierarchic Dementia Scale (HDS) were tested in two cross-sectional studies and one longitudinal study. Results prove the HDS to be a simple-to-conduct method, economical in terms of time, and possessing high reliability and high concurrent and criterion-related validity. The HDS appears capable of use at all stages of dementia and capable of permitting studies of the course well into the advanced stages of the illness.

Type
Comprehensive and Neuropsychologic Evaluations
Copyright
© 1996 International Psychogeriatric Association

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