Journal of Neurology Research, ISSN 1923-2845 print, 1923-2853 online, Open Access
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Original Article

Volume 3, Number 3-4, August 2013, pages 96-100

Delirium Index Six-Monthly in Patients with Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Subjective Cognitive Impairment: Keys to Interpreting Delirium Index in Cognitive Impairment

Tables

Table 1. Baseline Features of 259 Memory Clinic Patients
 
FeatureMean ± SD/Proportion (%)
Age79.5 ± 6.3
Female130/259 (50.2)
Years education10.0 ± 2.0
Weight (kg)69.0 ± 15.9
BMI26.3 ± 5.1
No cognitive impairment29/259 (11.2%)
Mild cognitive impairment99/259 (38.2%)
Dementia131/259 (50.6%)
Median follow-up20 months (range 3 - 43 months)

 

Table 2. Six-monthly Cognitive and IADL Scores in 259 Elderly Memory Clinic Patients
 
MonthsDIMMSEMoCAFABACE-RIADL
0 denotes baseline. DI (Delirium index, 0 = best, 21 = worst). MMSE (Mini-Mental State Examination, 30: best, 0: worst). MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment, 30: best, 0: worst). FAB (Frontal Assessment Battery, 18: best, 0: worst). ACE-R (Addenbrooke Cognitive Examination Revised, 100: best, 0: worst). IADL (Nottingham Instrumental Activities of Daily Living, 22: best, 0: worst).
03.20 ± 1.9023.3 ± 4.617.8 ± 5.910.4 ± 4.066.1 ± 16.314.5 ± 5.4
63.41 ± 2.0023.0 ± 5.017.6 ± 6.210.5 ± 4.268.1 ± 14.414.2 ± 5.6
123.61 ± 2.1322.5 ± 5.717.5 ± 6.710.7 ± 4.268.8 ± 15.613.5 ± 3.5
184.10 ± 2.2121.5 ± 5.816.7 ± 6.510.0 ± 4.065.4 ± 16.412.2 ± 5.9
243.71 ± 2.4322.1 ± 6.617.2 ± 7.210.4 ± 4.566.6 ± 18.111.6 ± 6.2
303.98 ± 2.2921.8 ± 6.117.0 ± 6.610.2 ± 4.066.9 ± 16.111.3 ± 5.9