Utility of the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale Sum of Boxes Scores in Staging 
Dementia Severity 
 
   Lead Investigator:    Laura Lacritz
   Institution      :    University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
   E-Mail           :    laura.lacritz@utsouthwestern.edu
   Proposal ID      :    52


   Publications:


1  O'Bryant SE, Lacritz LH, Hall J, Waring SC, Chan W, Khodr ZG, Massman PJ, Hobson V, Cullum CM
   Validation of the new interpretive guidelines for the clinical dementia rating scale sum of boxes score in the national Alzheimer's coordinating center database
   Journal Article  Arch Neurol,67:746-749,2010,PMC2888493

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   Proposal Description:
   Specific Aim 1: To replicate the recent findings of O???Bryant et al (in press) that CDR Sum of Boxes scores are accurate in staging dementia severity.  Specific Aim 2: To replicate the findings of O???Bryant et al (in press) that CDR Sum of Boxes scores reliably distinguish between MCI and very early Alzheimer???s disease patients all with Global Scores of 0.5  Specific Aim 3: To extend these findings into non-Alzheimer???s dementia syndromes.