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Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences
The Official Journal of Zahedan University of Medical Sciences
e-ISSN 2383-2894
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Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Rowland’s Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) in Patients with Dementia
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1Department of Clinical Psychology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran
*Corresponding Author: Department of Clinical Psychology, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran Email: salary.susan@yahoo.com
Zahedan Journal of Research in Medical Sciences:Vol. 16, issue 9
Published online:Jan 21, 2013
Article type:Brief Report
Received:Jul 02, 2012
Accepted:Oct 18, 2012
How to Cite:Asghari-Moghadam MA, Shaeiri M, Salari S. Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Rowland’s Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) in Patients with Dementia. Zahedan J Res Med Sci. 2014;16(9):. doi:
Abstract
Background: The present study aims to investigate the validity and reliability of universal dementia assessment scale in patients with dementia.
Materials and Methods: This study, 78 patients with dementia were diagnosed, in that the study tools were applied and collected and then analyzed using SPSS software over these patients.
Results: The validity and reliability of the scale was calculated. Also, the appropriate alpha (78%) of this questionnaire indicates the acceptable reliability among Iranian elderly clinical population.
Conclusion: Given its characteristics, the universal scale of dementia analysis can be a useful tool for screening the dementia in the clinical population.
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© 2014, Author(s). This open-access article is available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0) International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which allows for unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided that the original work is properly cited.
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