Abstract
Purpose: To provide a clinical tool for calculating a patient's future risk for developing cognitive impairment based on age, family history, and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (AVLT) retention. Participants: 1,019 cognitively normal persons followed for an average of 5 years; 159 participants were eventually diagnosed with cognitive impairment. Results: Risk of developing cognitive impairment increases with age and family history, but decreases with better memory performance. A nomogram is provided for calculation of relative risk of developing cognitive impairment in combinations of age, family history, and memory performance. Conclusions: These results enhance clinicians' ability to provide information to a patient about risk of cognitive impairment.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 111-116 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology |
Volume | 31 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2009 |
Keywords
- Cognitive decline
- Dementia
- Family history
- Rey auditory verbal learning test
- Risk
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
- Clinical Psychology
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology