Comparing the Standard and Electronic Versions of the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale: A Validation Study.

The Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS-Cog) has become the de facto gold-standard for assessing the efficacy of putative anti-dementia treatments. There has been an increasing interest in providing greater standardization, automation, and administration consistency to the scale. Recently, electronic versions of the ADAS-Cog (eADAS-Cog) have been utilized in clinical trials and demonstrated significant reductions in frequency of rater error as compared to paper.

Speedy eye movements in multiple sclerosis: association with performance on visual and nonvisual cognitive tests.

Objective: Eye movement difficulties in multiple sclerosis (MS) are common and may influence performance on cognitive tests. The following studies examined associations between a new measure of speedy eye movement speed and visual/nonvisual cognitive tests.

Method: In Experiment 1, MS patients (N = 71) were administered cognitive tests and the Speedy Eyes Test (SET) as a measure of purposeful speedy eye movements under timed conditions.

Visual acuity is associated with performance on visual and non-visual neuropsychological tests in multiple sclerosis.

Both vision and cognitive problems are commonplace in multiple sclerosis. Previous research suggests that MS patients with compromised near vision perform more poorly on visually mediated cognitive tests. Consequently it has been recommended that neuropsychologists who evaluate MS patients with poor corrected near vision should rely primarily on auditory neuropsychological tests.

An audit of compliance with motor traffic regulations and use of green warning lights by consultants recalled to hospital to attend emergencies.

Objectives: To determine consultants' compliance with motor traffic regulations on recall to hospital to attend emergencies, and ownership and use of green warning lights (GWLs). To determine the views of senior police officers on consultants complying with traffic regulations on emergency recall with and without GWLs.

Method: Questionnaire survey of all consultants in obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics and emergency medicine in the Yorkshire Deanery, UK, and members of the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO).