Touch Panel-type Dementia Assessment Scale: a new computer-based rating scale for XXXX .

@entity1 @entity11509 @entity3012 @entity73 @entity195
BACKGROUND: The @entity195 Assessment Scale ( @entity11509 ) was designed as a rating scale for the severity of dysfunction in the cognitive and @entity73 that are characteristic of @entity1 with @entity195 . Its subscale, the @entity11509 -cog, is a cognitive testing instrument most widely used to measure the impact of the disease. However, the @entity11509 -cog takes more than 45 min to administer and requires a qualified clinical psychologist as the rater. A more comprehensive rating battery is therefore required. In the present study, we developed a computerized test battery named the Touch Panel-type Dementia Assessment Scale (TDAS), which was intended to substitute for the @entity11509 -Cog, and was specifically designed to rate @entity73 quickly and without the need of a specialist rater. METHODS: The hardware for the TDAS comprises a 14-inch touch panel display and computer devices built into one case. The TDAS runs on Windows @entity3012 and was bundled with a custom program made with reference to the @entity11509 -cog. @entity1 in the present study were 34 @entity1 with @entity195 . Each @entity1 was administered the @entity11509 -cog and the TDAS. The test scores for each @entity1 were compared to determine whether the severity of @entity73 of the @entity1 could be rated equally as well by both tests. RESULTS: Pearson's correlation coefficient showed a significant correlation between the total scores (r= 0.69, P < 0.01) on the two scales for each @entity1 . The Kendall coefficients of concordance obtained for the three corresponding pairs of tasks (word recognition, orientation, and naming object and fingers) showed the three TDAS tasks can rate symptoms of @entity73 equally as well as the corresponding items on the @entity11509 -cog. CONCLUSIONS: The TDAS appears to be a sensitive and comprehensive assessment battery for rating the symptoms of @entity195 , and can be substituted for the @entity11509 -cog.
