reviewAlzheimer Disease & Associated DisordersApr 1, 2009Closed access

The Alzheimer's Disease Centers' Uniform Data Set (UDS)

SWSandra WeıntraubDPDavid P. SalmonNDNathaniel D. MercaldoSHSteven H. FerrisNRNeill R. Graff‐Radford

Northwestern University · University of California, San Diego · +6 more institutions

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Abstract

The neuropsychologic test battery from the Uniform Data Set (UDS) of the Alzheimer's Disease Centers (ADC) program of the National Institute on Aging consists of brief measures of attention, processing speed, executive function, episodic memory, and language. This paper describes development of the battery and preliminary data from the initial UDS evaluation of 3268 clinically cognitively normal men and women collected over the first 24 months of utilization. The subjects represent a sample of community-dwelling, individuals who volunteer for studies of cognitive aging. Subjects were considered "clinically cognitively normal" based on clinical assessment, including the Clinical Dementia Rating scale and the…

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  • Dementia
  • Clinical Dementia Rating
  • Cognition
  • Normative
  • Psychology
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • Cognitive test
  • Gerontology
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Quality Education
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