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The new Self-Assessment Scale-Geriatric (SASG) provides a valid and reliable measure for the selective screening of elderly patients with mild to moderate symptoms of dementia.
The SASG is a newly developed, valid, and reliable self-rating scale for screening mild to moderate dementia symptoms in elderly patients.
Described is the development of a self-rating geriatric behavioral scale modeled after the Sandoz Clinical Assessment-Geriatric (SCAG). This new Self-Assessment Scale-Geriatric (SASG) provides a valid and reliable measure of behavioral pathologic changes for the selective screening of elderly patients who manifest mile to moderate symptoms of dementia. Further use and refinement of this new measuring device are required to confer on it the maximum possible accuracy.
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Yesavage et al. (1981) studied Mild to moderate symptoms of dementia. Self-Assessment Scale-Geriatric (SASG) was evaluated on Validity and reliability of behavioral pathologic changes measurement. The new Self-Assessment Scale-Geriatric (SASG) provides a valid and reliable measure for the selective screening of elderly patients with mild to moderate symptoms of dementia.
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