ムラヤマ ノリオ    Murayama Norio
   村山 憲男
   所属
人間社会学部 心理学科
 
生活機構研究科 心理学専攻
 
生活心理研究所 所属教員
   職種
准教授
言語種別 英語
発行・発表の年月 2007/03
形態種別 学術雑誌
査読 査読あり
標題 Utility of the Bender gestalt test for differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies from Alzheimer's disease in patients showing mild to moderate dementia
執筆形態 共著
掲載誌名 Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 23,pp.258-263
著者・共著者 Norio MURAYAMA, Eizo ISEKI, Ryoko YAMAMOTO, Michihiro KIMURA, Ko Eto, Heii ARAI
概要 Aims: We examined the utility of the Bender Gestalt Test (BGT) for the differentiation of dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) from Alzheimer's disease (AD), comparing BGT scores between DLB and AD patients showing mild to moderate dementia.
Methods: Eighteen DLB patients, 36 AD patients controlled by age, years of education, Clinical Dementia Rating and Mini Mental State Examination scores, and 21 nondemented elderly participants controlled by age and years of education were subjected to the BGT. Their BGT performances were scored according to the Pascal-Suttell method.
Results: The DLB group showed significantly higher (that is worse) BGT scores than the other groups. When a cutoff point of 98 was used to differentiate DLB from AD, the patients exceeding 98 were 94% in the DLB group, 17% in the AD group and 0% in the control group. The sensitivity and specificity of this cutoff point were 0.94 and 0.89, respectively.
Conclusion: The BGT is a useful neuropsychological test to differentiate DLB from AD.