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. 2010 Jul;25(7):1071-6.
doi: 10.3346/jkms.2010.25.7.1071. Epub 2010 Jun 17.

Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery-dementia version (SNSB-D): a useful tool for assessing and monitoring cognitive impairments in dementia patients

Hyun-Jung Ahn  1 , Juhee Chin, Aram Park, Byung Hwa Lee, Mee Kyung Suh, Sang Won Seo, Duk L Na
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Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery-dementia version (SNSB-D): a useful tool for assessing and monitoring cognitive impairments in dementia patients

Hyun-Jung Ahn et al. J Korean Med Sci. 2010 Jul.

Abstract

The Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery (SNSB) is one of the standardized neuropsychological test batteries widely used in Korea. However, it may be a bit too lengthy for patients with decreased attention span; and it does not provide the score of global cognitive function (GCF), which is useful for monitoring patients longitudinally. We sought to validate a dementia version of SNSB (SNSB-D) that was shorter than the original SNSB and contained only scorable tests with a GCF score of 300. We administered SNSB-D to patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (n=43) and Alzheimer's disease (AD) (n=93), and normal controls (NC) (n=77). MCI and AD groups had GCF scores significantly different from NC group, and GCF scores were able to distinguish patients with Clinical Dementia Rating of 0.5 and 1. Test-retest reliability was high, with a correlation coefficient of 0.918 for AD, 0.999 for MCI, and 0.960 for NC. The GCF score significantly correlated with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Through ROC-curve analysis, GCF scores were found to yield more accurate diagnoses than the MMSE. The SNSB-D is a valid, reliable tool for assessing the overall cognitive function, and can be used to monitor cognitive changes in patients with dementia.

Keywords: Alzheimer's Disease; Dementia; Neuropsychological Tests; Reliability; Validity.

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Receiver operator characteristics (ROC) curves for the MMSE and the SNSB-D, divided by group.
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