Tully M W, Matrakas K L, Muir J, Musallam K
Nursing Department of the Warren G. Magnuson Clinical Center on the Aging Program of Care, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892-1592, USA.
J Gerontol Nurs. 1997 Jul;23(7):9-15; quiz 54-5. doi: 10.3928/0098-9134-19970701-08.
Health care providers and family members need practical methods of assessing functional skills of individuals with Alzheimer's Disease (AD). There are neuropsychological tests that identify areas of function and dysfunction in the brain, but discrepancies have been noted between test scores and functional behaviors in activities of daily living (ADLs). The Eating Behavior Scale (EBS) was developed to measure functional ability during meals. A sample of 30 patients with probable AD were observed using the EBS during two meals on two different days. There was a strong negative correlation between meal duration and the EBS score. That is, the lower the EBS score, the longer the time required to complete the meol. Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) scores were positively correlated with EBS scores. Patients with higher MMSE scores and less time since diagnosis tended to have higher EBS scores, indicating greater independence in eating.
医疗保健提供者和家庭成员需要实用的方法来评估阿尔茨海默病（AD）患者的功能技能。有一些神经心理学测试可以识别大脑中的功能和功能障碍区域，但在测试分数和日常生活活动（ADL）中的功能行为之间已发现差异。进食行为量表（EBS）旨在测量用餐期间的功能能力。在两个不同的日子里，对30名可能患有AD的患者在两餐期间使用EBS进行了观察。用餐时间与EBS分数之间存在很强的负相关。也就是说，EBS分数越低，完成一餐所需的时间就越长。简易精神状态检查表（MMSE）分数与EBS分数呈正相关。MMSE分数较高且自诊断以来时间较短的患者往往EBS分数较高，表明进食时独立性更强。
