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Time Of Day And Performance On Cognitive Tests In Patients With Mild Dementia, Upinder Singh, Mandeep Gill, Rebecca Rice, Fallon Dimaano, Andrea Warburton, Michael R. Wells
Time Of Day And Performance On Cognitive Tests In Patients With Mild Dementia, Upinder Singh, Mandeep Gill, Rebecca Rice, Fallon Dimaano, Andrea Warburton, Michael R. Wells
College of Osteopathic Medicine (TUN) Publications and Research
Background
Cognitive screening for elderly patients with mild dementia is typically conducted in the morning under the impression that testing at this time will optimize performance and cooperation of patients. This study was conducted to determine if the time of day in which several cognitive screening tests would be normally given could significantly affect test performance in patients with mild dementia and normal control subjects.
Methods
Fifty nursing home residents with mild to moderate dementia and twenty normal control subjects were given three commonly used cognitive tests in two separate sessions (morning and afternoon) with a two week interval between …