Tsuboi Keiko, Harada Toshihide, Ishii Toshiyuki, Morishita Hiroko, Ohtani Harumi, Ishizaki Fumiko
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Shikoku University, Furukawa, Ojin-cho, Tokushima, Tokushima 771-1192, Japan.
Hiroshima J Med Sci. 2009 Sep;58(2-3):49-53.
In clinical settings, Hasegawa's dementia scale, revised (HDS-R), and the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) are widely employed as simple mental function tests useful for the diagnosis of dementia. In recent years, for the early diagnosis of dementia, a simple computerized touch panel-type screening test (touch panel-type screening test), called the "forgetfulness consultation program" (Nihon Kohden Corp.), has been developed. We performed dementia screening using this touch panel-type screening test in 95 elderly subjects, and evaluated its usefulness in comparison with HDS-R or MMSE. The results of evaluation using the touch panel-type screening test were significantly correlated with those using HDS-R and MMSE in the elderly subjects. This touch panel-type screening test was not time-consuming (about 3 min) since it includes only a small number of test items. It could also be performed solely by the examinee, and so was free from examiner-related bias. Therefore, this method may be very useful for the diagnosis of dementia and evaluation of its severity.
在临床环境中，修订版长谷川痴呆量表（HDS-R）和简易精神状态检查表（MMSE）被广泛用作有助于痴呆诊断的简易精神功能测试。近年来，为了实现痴呆的早期诊断，已开发出一种名为“健忘咨询程序”（日本光电株式会社）的简易计算机触摸屏式筛查测试（触摸屏式筛查测试）。我们使用这种触摸屏式筛查测试对95名老年受试者进行了痴呆筛查，并与HDS-R或MMSE相比较评估了其效用。在老年受试者中，使用触摸屏式筛查测试的评估结果与使用HDS-R和MMSE的评估结果显著相关。这种触摸屏式筛查测试耗时不长（约3分钟），因为它只包含少量测试项目。它也可以仅由受测者独自完成，因此不存在与检查者相关的偏差。所以，这种方法对于痴呆的诊断及其严重程度的评估可能非常有用。
