Publications by authors named "Valerie Drolet"
Article Synopsis
- The research compared the performance of healthy elderly individuals and Alzheimer's patients on the RL/RI 16 and Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT), which are used to assess verbal episodic memory.
- The RAVLT was found to be slightly more sensitive and effective at distinguishing between the two groups, with no overlap in classifications, while the RL/RI 16 showed notable ceiling effects, especially in healthy controls.
- The study highlights the strengths and weaknesses of both tests in evaluating episodic memory, suggesting that the RAVLT may better reflect recent memory performance, while the RL/RI 16 can offer insights into long-term memory despite its limitations with false recognitions.
Background: Mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment, no dementia, are emerging terms that encompass the clinical state between normal cognition and dementia in elderly people. Controversy surrounds their characterization, definition and application in clinical practice. In this article, we provide physicians with practical guidance on the definition, diagnosis and treatment of mild cognitive impairment and cognitive impairment, no dementia, based on recommendations from the Third Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia, held in March 2006.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFMild cognitive impairment (MCI) and cognitive impairment, no dementia (CIND) are controversial emerging terms that encompass the clinical state between elderly normal cognition and dementia. This article reviews recent work on the classification of MCI and CIND, their prognosis, and diagnostic approaches and presents evidence-based recommendations approved at the meeting of the Third Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD3) held in Montreal in March, 2006. New short tools such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment are making it easier for family physicians to confidently attach the label of MCI.
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