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Table 2 Sample characteristics. SD standard deviation, CNT clinical control sample, DEMmi mild dementia, DEMmi_alz mild dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, DEMmi_other mild dementia, other forms, DEMmo moderate dementia, TMT A Trail Making Test Form A, TMT B Trail Making Test Form B

From: Sensitivity and specificity of the Bamberg Dementia Screening Test’s (BDST) full and short versions: brief screening instruments for geriatric patients that are suitable for infectious environments

 

CNT

(n = 136)

DEMmi

(n = 883)

DEMmi_alz (n = 519)

DEMmi_other (n = 364)

DEMmo

(n = 276)

Gender

female/male

female/male

female/male

female/male

female/male

80 / 56

544 / 339

332 / 187

212 / 152

161 / 115

 

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

Age

75.64 (7.82)

76.34 (8.45)

76.67 (8.50)

75.87 (8.41)

76.33 (6.43)

Years of education

12.13 (2.02)

12.04 (1.94)

12.01 (1.93)

12.09 (1.97)

11.84 (1.75)

GDS

3.75 (3.29)

3.74 (3.29)

3.66 (3.45)

3.83 (3.07)

3.45 (3.12)

BDST

Total score

41.29 (4.06)

29.61 (5.87)

29.21 (5.66)

30.16 (6.11)

19.66 (5.40)

Short form

16.81 (1.13)

14.00 (2.75)

13.62 (2.75)

14.54 (2.67)

9.96 (3.61)

Semantic memory (=ultra-short form)

9.76 (.62)

8.81 (1.62)

8.78 (1.61)

8.85 (1.64)

6.72 (2.46)

Verbal memory

7.04 (.86)

5.19 (1.75)

4.84 (1.81)

5.70 (1.54)

3.24 (1.99)

Visual construction

7.67 (.59)

6.41 (1.69)

6.52 (1.58)

6.25 (1.82)

4.76 (2.15)

Verbal Fluency

4.33 (3.16)

2.05 (1.86)

2.00 (1.88)

2.12 (1.84)

1.07 (1.25)

Visual memory

6.99 (1.16)

3.43 (2.08)

3.15 (1.96)

3.84 (2.19)

1.38 (1.45)

Cognitive flexibility

5.42 (1.56)

3.63 (1.38)

3.78 (1.45)

3.42 (1.25)

2.75 (1.14)

MMSE

Total score

28.14 (1.79)

24.09 (3.02)

23.78 (2.88)

24.53 (3.16)

15.80 (3.15)

CERAD-Plus

Semantic fluency

20.38 (5.41)

12.06 (4.25)

12.03 (4.40)

12.10 (4.04)

7.53 (3.57)

Boston naming test

14.18 (1.08)

12.06 (2.21)

12.10 (2.18)

12.00 (2.25)

10.14 (2.60)

 Word list

learning

18.82 (2.97)

11.71 (3.88)

10.76 (3.63)

13.05 (3.83)

7.94 (3.93)

Word list delayed free recall

6.21 (1.61)

2.55 (2.00)

1.65 (1.55)

3.83 (1.86)

1.11 (1.55)

Percent word list recognition

96.36 (8.20)

83.46 (13.50)

78.67 (13.79)

90.24 (9.64)

71.18 (14.09)

Figure drawing

10.61 (.79)

8.83 (1.879

8.94 (1.82)

8.67 (1.93)

7.05 (2.48)

Delayed recall figures

8.43 (2.43)

3.09 (2.75)

2.42 (2.57)

4.04 (2.73)

1.01 (1.96)

TMT A

51.83 (18.40)

102.95 (45.1)

98.63 (45.29)

108.78 (44.03)

156.65 (37.33)

TMT B

135.17 (52.97)

268.96 (57.30)

262.37 (63.96)

277.79 (45.52)

299.71 (2.74)

Phonematic fluency

11.80 (4.15)

6.90 (3.74)

7.19 (3.74)

6.49 (3.70)

5.11 (3.45)