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Clinical Dementia Rating Scale

Aka: Clinical Dementia Rating Scale, CDR

Indication
1. Dementia Staging
Protocol
1. Based on interview of patient and caregiver
2. Areas Tested
  1. Memory
  2. Orientation
  3. Judgement
  4. Community Affairs
  5. Home and hobbies
  6. Personal Care
Scoring total (based on algorithm)
1. Normal: 0
2. Possible Dementia: 0.5
3. Mild Dementia: 1
4. Moderate Dementia: 2
5. Severe Dementia: 3
Resources
1. CDR Evaluation Grid (data collection for scoring)
  1. http://www.adrc.wustl.edu/cdrGrid.html
2. CDR Scoring algorithm (calculated score)
  1. http://www.biostat.wustl.edu/~adrc/cdrpgm/
References
1. Morris (1993) Neurology 43:2412-14

Clinical dementia rating scale (C0451074)
Concepts	Intellectual Product (T170)
SnomedCT	273367002
English	CDR - Clin dement rating scale, DRS - Clin dement rating scale, dementia rating scale, CDR - Clinical dementia rating scale, Clinical dementia rating scale, DRS - Clinical dementia rating scale, Dementia rating scale, Clinical dementia rating scale (assessment scale)
Spanish	escala de valoración clínica para demencia (escala de evaluación), escala de valoración clínica para demencia
Sources	Derived from the NIH UMLS (Unified Medical Language System)

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