Masoumeh Sadeghipour Roudsari|Ahmad Ali Akbari Kamrani|Mahshid Foroughan|Farahnaz Mohammadi|Masoud Karimlou
Psychometric Properties of the Persian Version of the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) Among the Aged People in Iran
University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences|University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences|University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences|University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences|Islamic Azad University Medical Branch of Tehran
background population old people iran increasing well prevalence dementia early detection intervention proper dementia screening tools needed clock drawing test cdt quick inexpensive well accepted test screening cognitive problems objectives aim study evaluate psychometric properties cdt among aged people iran methods clock drawing test using shulmans modified scoring method performed 74 aged members irans alzheimer association services tehran may september 2012 convenient sampling method used participants following characteristics selected age 60 years able communicate 4 years formal education using diagnostic criteria dementia diagnostic statistical manual mental disorder 4th edition dsmiv gold standard difference cdt mean scores dementia nondementia patients evaluated receiver operating characteristics roc curve used determine optimal cut points cdt using 20th version spss results mean age participants 72 795 years significant difference scores participants without dementia p 0001 best cut point 34 90 sensitivity 73 specificity area roc curve 0896 p 0001 indicates proper accuracy test conclusions clock drawing test acceptable psychometric properties among aged people iran persian version cdt applied screening monitoring cognitive problems population studies required assess impact literacy level different scoring systems accuracy results obtained cdt