The assessment of intellectual deficits in Parkinson's disease

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dc.creatorAlbrecht, Nettie Noma
dc.date.accessioned2016-11-14T23:14:51Z
dc.date.available2011-02-18T20:01:43Z
dc.date.available2016-11-14T23:14:51Z
dc.date.issued1987-08
dc.degree.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.description.abstractThe Investigation of nature of intellectual decline in Parkinson's Disease (PD) is plagued by problems such as fatigue effects in lengthy assessments.There is a need for reliable, short, yet comprehensive IQ tests. The purpose of the present study is to establish the utility of the Satz-Mogel short form as an assessment tool in the PD population. Parkinsonian and elderly control subjects were administered the full WAIS-R or the Satz-Mogel WAIS-R short form. The full WAIS-R scores were rescored to obtain derived Satz-Mogel scores. All subjects received a battery of additional neuropsychological tests. The Satz-Mogel appears to be a reliable measure of IQ. Score differences between the full WAIS-R and rescored Satz-Mogel showed that the IQ estimate had not substantially changed. Correlations showed that the relative scores were preserved. The Satz-Mogel was compared to other frequently used short forms and was found to be the most reliable assessment of intellectual functioning in the elderly and PD population.
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2346/12692en_US
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherTexas Tech Universityen_US
dc.rights.availabilityUnrestricted.
dc.subjectParkinson's diseaseen_US
dc.titleThe assessment of intellectual deficits in Parkinson's disease
dc.typeDissertation

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