Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale

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Name: Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale

Abbreviation: ADAS

Versions: 12

Synonyms: 370

Description: The ADAS (Rosen et al., 1984) is a 21 item scale designed to assess the severity of cognitive and behavioral impairments in AD. The cognitive component includes both a short neuropsychological assessment and items rated by the interviewer on the basis of interaction with the patient and caregiver. Scores on the cognitive subscale range from 0 to 70, with scores on the noncognitive subscale ranging from 0 to 50. (, https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-and-dentistry/alzheimer-disease-assessment-scale)

Reference: Rosen WG, Mohs RC, Davis KL. A new rating scale for Alzheimer's disease. The American journal of psychiatry. 1984 Nov. PMID: 6496779.

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Temporal prevalence

Distribution in different diseases

Distribution in different versions

# version trials
1 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale 409
2 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale-11 79
3 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale-13 60
4 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale-14 28
5 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale 22
6 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale-12 13
7 Vascular Dementia Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale 10
8 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale-Japan Version 7
9 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale-Korean Version 6
10 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Activities of Daily Living 4
11 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale-Chinese Version 1
12 Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale-Non-cognitive Subscale 1
Complementary instruments

# instruments trials
1 Mini-Mental State Examination 330
2 Neuropsychiatric Inventory 258
3 Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study 247
4 Clinical Dementia Rating Scale 214
5 Clinician's Interview Based Impression of Change 87
6 Quality of Life in Alzheimer's Disease Scale 52
7 Instrumental Activities of Daily Living 50
8 Disability Assessment for Dementia Scale 49
9 Trail Making Test 48
10 Geriatric Depression Scale 46
11 Activities of Daily Living 43
12 Clinical Global Impression 40
13 Montreal Cognitive Assessment 39
14 Zarit Burden Interview 34
15 EQ-5D 32
16 Resource Utilization in Dementia Scale 28
17 Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale 26
18 Functional Activities Questionnaire 22
19 Neuropsychological Test Battery 19
20 Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia 18
21 Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale 17
22 Clock Drawing Test 16
23 Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale 15
24 Category Fluency Test 14
25 Wechsler Memory Scale 14
26 Stroop Test 13
27 Frontal Assessment Battery 13
28 Digit Span Task 13
29 Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory 12
30 Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index 12
31 Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status 12
32 Rey's Auditory Verbal Learning Test 11
33 Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale 11
34 Controlled Oral Word Association Test 10
35 Behavioral Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale 9
36 Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery 9
37 Short Form Health Survey 9
38 Visual Analogue Scale 9
39 Global Deterioration Scale 9
40 Digit Symbol Substitution Test 9
41 Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test 9
42 Short Physical Performance Battery 9
43 Severe Impairment Battery 8
44 Caregiver Burden Inventory 8
45 Alzheimer's Disease Composite Score 8
46 Dependence Scale 7
47 Verbal Fluency Test 7
48 CogState 7
49 Time Up and Go Test 7
50 Dementia Quality of Life Instrument 6
51 Logical Memory Test 6
52 Boston Naming Test 6
53 Barthel Index 6
54 Montgomery-Åsberg Depression Rating Scale 5
55 Physical Self-Maintenance Scale 5
56 Beck Depression Inventory 5
57 Paired Associates Learning 5
58 Hamilton Depression Rating Scale 5
59 Buschke Selective Reminding Test 4
60 Apathy Evaluation Scale 4
61 Hopkins Verbal Learning Test 4
62 Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 4
63 Delis-Kaplan Executive Function System 4
64 World Health Organization Quality of Life 4
65 Spatial Working Memory 4
66 Positive Aspects of Caregiving Scale 4
67 Global Statistical Test 4
68 Symbol Digit Modalities Test 3
69 Mental Function Impairment Scale 3
70 Alzheimer Carer Quality of Life Instrument 3
71 Alzheimer's Disease Related Quality of Life 3
72 Functional Assessment Questionnaire 3
73 Cognitive Drug Research Battery 3
74 Epworth Sleepiness Scale 3
75 Apathy Inventory 3
76 Fall Efficacy Scale 3
77 American National Adult Reading Test 3
78 Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale 3
79 Pattern Recognition Memory 3
80 Mixed Model Repeated Measures 3
81 Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire 3
82 Memory and Behavior Problems Checklist 2
83 Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia 2
84 Color Trails Test 2
85 Caregiver Activity Survey 2
86 PGWB 2
87 Interview for Deterioration of Daily Living in Dementia 2
88 Short Term Memory Assessment 2
89 Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease 2
90 Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia Scale 2
91 Quality of Life in Late-Stage Dementia Scale 2
92 modified Crichton Scale 2
93 Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test 2
94 Tower of London Test 2
95 Auditory Verbal Learning Test 2
96 Alzheimer's Disease Functional Assessment and Change Scale 2
97 F-A-S Test 2
98 Clinician's Interview Based Impression of Severity 2
99 Schwab and England Activities on Daily Living Scale 2
100 Caregiver Burden Scale 2
101 Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale 2
102 Delayed Matching to Sample 2
103 Rapid Visual Information Processing 2
104 Spatial Recognition Memory 2
105 Partner-Patient Questionnaire for Shared Activities 2
106 Investigator's Global Evaluation Scale 2
107 Patient Global Impression 2
108 Delayed Story Recall 2
109 Verbal Rating Scale 2
110 Semantic Fluency Test 2
111 Digit Symbol Coding Task 2
112 Everyday Cognition Scale 2
113 Preclinical Alzheimer's Cognitive Composite 2
114 Balance Evaluation System Test 2
115 Starkstein Apathy Scale 2
116 General Medical Health Rating 2
117 Hachinski Ischemic Score 2
118 Quick Dementia Rating Scale 2
119 Clinical Assessment of Fluctuation 2
120 Irritability Apathy Scale 2
121 Problem Behaviours Assessment 2
122 Benson Figure Copy and Recall Task 2
123 ADCOMS 2
124 The Executive Interview 1
125 Cognitive Function Instrument 1
126 Functional Assessment Staging Test 1
127 Dementia Rating Scale 1
128 Depression Rating Scale 1
129 Delirium Rating Scale 1
130 Mattis Dementia Rating Scale 1
131 SSDQ 1
132 General Health Questionnaire 1
133 Questionnaire of Feeling of Competency 1
134 Benton Visual Retention Task 1
135 Profile of Mood States Questionnaire 1
136 Carer's Global Impression of Change 1
137 Cognitive Assessment Battery 1
138 California Verbal Learning Test 1
139 Continuous Performance Test 1
140 Choice Reaction Time Test 1
141 Simple Reaction Time Task 1
142 Simplified Spatial Paired Associate Learning 1
143 Canadian Occupational Performance Measure 1
144 Functional Autonomy Measurement System 1
145 Resource Utilization Questionnaire 1
146 Neuropsychological Assessment Battery 1
147 Nurses' Observation Scale for Geriatric Patients 1
148 Short Cognitive Performance Test 1
149 Quality of Life Scale 1
150 Hamilton Anxiety and Depression Scale 1
151 Treatment Emergent Symptom Scale 1
152 Cognition Summary Score 1
153 Patient's Convenience Questionnair 1
154 Delayed Word Recall 1
155 Digit Cancellation Test 1
156 Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale 1
157 Stokes Social Network Scale 1
158 Cognitive Dementia Rating Scale 1
159 Motor-Free Visual Perception Test 1
160 Useful Field of View Assessment 1
161 Hippocampus Connectivity Index 1
162 IDATE 1
163 DSST 1
164 Groton Maze Learning Task 1
165 Consumption Questionnaire 1
166 Berg Balance Scale 1
167 Mini Nutritional Assessment 1
168 Cambridge Mental Disorders of the Elderly Examination 1
169 Everyday Memory Checklist 1
170 Rating Anxiety In Dementia 1
171 Ten Point Clock Test 1
172 Facial Recognition Task 1
173 Frontal Systems Behavior Scale 1
174 Wechsler Logical Memory Scale 1
175 Munich Verbal Memory Test 1
176 One Card Learning Test 1
177 Olfactory Test 1
178 Participant Global Impression of Change 1
179 Resource Utilization in Dementia Questionnaire 1
180 Carer's Impression of Change 1
181 Sickness Behaviour Scale 1
182 Burden Interview 1
183 National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale 1
184 Rankin Scale 1
185 Computerised Test Battery 1
186 Selective Reminding Task 1
187 Patient Health Questionnaire 1
188 State-Trait Anxiety Inventory 1
189 Alzheimer's Disease Medication Administration Concerns Questionnaire 1
190 Perceived Deficits Questionnaire 1
191 Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scale-7 1
192 Burden Inventory 1
193 Questionnaire for Urinary Incontinence Diagnosis 1
194 Word Fluency Test 1
195 Executive Function Scale 1
196 Global Cognitive Function Test 1
197 Perceived Stress Scale 1
198 Health Care Resources Utilization Questionnaire 1
199 Fazekas Scale 1
200 Sit to Stand Test 1
201 Dual Task Paradigm 1
202 Rivermead Behavioral Memory Test 1
203 Cognitive Assessment Screening Test 1
204 Isaacs Set Test 1
205 Cambridge Cognition Examination 1
206 Impact of Alzheimer's Disease on Caregiver Questionnaire 1
207 Formulation Usability Preference Questionnaire 1
208 Dot Counting Test 1
209 Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly 1
210 Neuropsychological Assessment Test 1
211 Verbal Learning Memory Test 1
212 Abnormal Visual Acuity Test 1
213 Lens Opacities Classification System 1
214 Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument 1
215 Self-Efficacy Scale 1
216 Blessed Dementia Scale 1
217 NP 1
218 Clock Draw Interpretation Scale 1
219 Corsi Block-tapping Test 1
220 Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System 1
221 Face-Name Associative Memory Test 1
222 Composite Cognition Score-3 Domain 1
223 Benton Judgment of Line Orientation Test 1
224 Chinese version of Executive Interview 1
225 Memory Alteration Test 1
226 Verbal Learning Test 1
227 NIH EXAMINER 1
228 One Day Fluctuation Assessment Scale 1
229 Cogstate Brief Battery 1
230 Neuropsychological Inventory 1
231 Continuous Oral Word Association Task 1
232 Young Mania Rating Scale 1
233 Test Barcelona TBR-B Neuropsychological Battery 1
234 International Physical Activity Questionnaire 1
235 Korean Dementia Screening Questionnaire 1
236 Prospective and Retrospective Memory Questionnaire 1
237 Identification and Intervention for Elderly Africans Cognitive Screen 1
238 Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans cognitive screen 1
239 Study Specific Economic Evaluation 1
240 Mayo Fluctuations Scale 1
241 Senior Fitness Test 1
242 Hearing Handicap Inventory for the Elderly 1
243 Eight-item Informant Interview to Differentiate Aging and Dementia 1
244 General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition 1
245 Sit and Reach Test 1
246 Zazzo's Cancellation Test 1
247 Letter Digit Substitution Test 1
248 Working Memory Task 1
249 Letter Fluency Task 1
250 Desire to Institutionalize Scale 1
251 Eriksen Flanker Task 1
252 Wisconsin Card Sorting Test 1
253 Clinical Dyskinesia Rating Scale 1
254 Smell Identification Test 1
255 Gait Task 1
256 Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-6D 1
257 Physiological Profile Assessment 1
258 Nerve Function Monitoring 1
259 Neuropathy Total Symptom Score 1
260 Poppelreuter-Ghent's Overlapping Figures Test 1
261 Side Effects Questionnaire 1
262 UCSD Performance-Based Skills Assessment 1
263 Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication 1
264 Parkinson's Disease Cognitive Rating Scale 1
265 Quantitative Movement Testing 1
266 Bath Assessment of Subjective Quality of Life in Dementia 1
267 Abbreviated Profile of Hearing Aid Benefit 1
268 Beauregard Tests 1
269 Glasgow Hearing Aid Benefit Profile 1
270 Minute Walk Test 1
271 Attentional Blink Task 1
272 Covert Orienting Task 1
273 Foreperiod Effect Task 1
274 Visual Form Discrimination 1
275 Test of Everyday Attention 1
276 System Usability Scale 1
277 Benton Test 1
278 Questionnaire for Impulsive-Compulsive Disorders in Parkinson's Disease 1
279 Computer Use Self Efficacy 1
280 QPCR 1
281 Columbia Classification Algorithm for Suicide Assessment 1
282 Penn Parkinson's Daily Activities Questionnaire 1
283 Physician Withdrawal Checklist 1
284 Cued Recall Test 1
285 Body Awareness Rating Scale 1
286 Personal Wellbeing Index 1
287 Holden Communication Scale 1
288 Homeostasis Model Assessment for Insulin Resistance 1
289 Computerized Cognitive Battery 1
290 Hooper Visual Organization Test 1
291 Forgetfulness Assessment Inventory 1
292 Prosopagnosia Index 1
293 Greater Cincinnati Chapter Well-Being Observation Tool 1
294 Richards-Campbell Sleep Questionnaire 1
295 Winterlight Speech Assessment 1
296 Frequently Sampled Intravenous Glucose Tolerance Test 1
297 Caregiver Self-Assessment Questionnaire 1
298 National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center Uniform Data Set Neuropsychological Battery 1
299 Word Pairs Associates Task 1
300 Appendicular Skeletal Muscle Mass Index 1
301 Care-related Quality of Life 1
302 modified Bruce Treadmill Test 1
303 Tablet-Based Cognitive Assessment 1
304 Flanker Interference Task 1
305 tDCS User Survey 1
306 Pattern Separation Task 1
307 Post Intervention Interviews 1
308 Spanish and English Neuropsychological Assessment Scales 1
309 Peanut Butter Smelling Test 1
310 Visual Association Memory Test 1
311 NIH Alzheimer's Disease Centers 1
312 Positive Affect Index 1
313 Dementia Apathy Interview Rating 1
314 Adults and Older Adults Functional Assessment Inventory 1
315 Dementia Syndrome Classification Scale 1
316 SPARK Test Cognitive Impairment Index 1
317 Family Quality of Life 1
318 Autoimmunity Marker Screening Test 1
319 Cognitive Drug Research Computerized Assessment System 1