Bt. Mast et al., Clinical utility of the Normative Studies Research Project Test Battery among vascular dementia patients, CLIN NEURPS, 14(2), 2000, pp. 173-180
The purpose of the present study was to examine the clinical utility of the
Normative Studies Research Project test battery for detecting dementia wit
h a known vascular component. The study compared 65 patients who had both s
uffered a stroke and met the DSM-IV criteria for dementia with 86 older med
ical patients who were cognitively intact. Multivariate analysis of covaria
nce results demonstrated that these two groups had significantly different
means on tests within the battery even after controlling for the influence
of demographic variables. Logistic regression results demonstrated positive
predictive value of 81.36%, negative predictive value of 85.23%, and an ov
erall correct classification rate of 83.67%.