From: Item response theory analysis of cognitive tests in people with dementia: a systematic review
Early disease/high difficulty | Moderate stages | Late disease/low difficulty | |
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High discrimination | “Orientation to date” (MMSE) | ADAS-cog | “Name pencil” (MMSE) |
“Word recall” (ADAS-cog) | “Ideational praxis” (ADAS-cog) | “Close eyes” (MMSE) | |
“Construction” (ADAS-cog) | “Name watch” (MMSE) | ||
“Word finding” (ADAS-cog) | |||
“Speech comprehension” | |||
(ADAS-cog) | |||
“Commands” (ADAS-cog) | |||
“Speech content” (ADAS-cog) | |||
“Naming” (ADAS-cog) |