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Reliability and Validity of the Hierarchic Dementia Scale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Lisa Rönnberg  and
Kjerstin Ericsson
Lisa Rönnberg
Affiliation:
Karolinska Institute, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden.
Kjerstin Ericsson
Affiliation:
Karolinska Institute, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden.
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Abstract

The aim of the study was to apply a method for measuring cognitive functioning in severely demented patients. Reliability and validity of the Hierarchic Dementia Scale (HDS) were tested. Fifty patients with dementia of the Alzheimer's type (DAT), multi-infarct dementia (MID), and dementia of mixed type (MIX) were studied. The interrater reliability was satisfactory as estimated by means of a kappa coefficient. The test retest reliability was rs = .96. The concurrent validity of the HDS, as measured by the correlation between the HDS and the MMSE, was rs = .86, and between the HDS and the CDR was rs = −.71. The results indicate that HDS is a useful and valid instrument for determination of the heterogeneous cognitive deficits in severe dementia.

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Research and Reviews
Information
International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 6 , Issue 1 , March 1994 , pp. 87 - 94
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© 1994 Springer Publishing Company

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