Abstract:
AIM:To determine the applicability and psychometric properties of the Italian version of the Disability Assessment of Dementia scale (DAD-I) in a community-residing population with early-stage Alzheimer's disease (AD). METHODS:The DAD-I was administered to the primary caregivers of 159 patients (mean age +/- SD 77.1 +/- 5.2) with mild AD (mean Mini Mental State Examination, MMSE, +/- SD 23.1 +/- 2.2). RESULTS:The DAD-I showed excellent internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha = 0.92) and good construct validity. The DAD-I score was not significantly associated with gender, education and presumed duration of the illness, and had a low negative correlation with age. The DAD-I score correlated moderately with the traditional Instrumental Activities of Daily Living and Activities of Daily Living scales, respectively, with r = 0.53 and r = 0.54 (p < 0.0001). Relatively low, but statistically significant correlations (r ranging between 0.21 and 0.31) with the MMSE were also found. CONCLUSION:The DAD-I was found to be a reliable and valid instrument to assess functional disability in community-dwelling Italian subjects with early-stage AD.
journal_name
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disordjournal_title
Dementia and geriatric cognitive disordersauthors
De Vreese LP,Caffarra P,Savarè R,Cerutti R,Franceschi M,Grossi E,Multicentre Study Group.doi
10.1159/000113415subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2008-01-01 00:00:00pages
186-94issue
2eissn
1420-8008issn
1421-9824pii
000113415journal_volume
25pub_type
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