The Tree-Drawing Test (Koch’s Baum Test): A Useful Aid to Diagnose Cognitive Impairment
Joint Authors
Stanzani Maserati, Michelangelo
Matacena, Corrado
Sambati, Luisa
Oppi, Federico
Poda, Roberto
De Matteis, Maddalena
Gallassi, Roberto
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-06-15
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To study the Tree-Drawing Test in a group of demented patients and compare it with a group of mild cognitively impaired patients (MCI) and controls.
Methods.
Consecutive outpatients were classified as affected by dementia (Alzheimer’s disease (AD), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and vascular dementia (VD)) or by MCI.
Patients and controls underwent the Tree-Drawing Test and MMSE.
Results.
118 AD, 19 FTD, 46 VD, and 132 MCI patients and 90 controls were enrolled.
AD patients draw trees globally smaller than other patients and controls.
FTD patients draw trees with a wider space occupation than AD and MCI patients but smaller than controls as well as VD patients.
Trees drawn by MCI patients are intermediate in size between AD patients and controls.
The trunk-to-crown ratio of trees drawn by cognitive impaired patients is greater than controls while the tree size-relative-to-page space index is significantly smaller.
The tree size-relative-to-page space index of trees drawn by AD patients is smaller than that of the other cognitively impaired patients.
Tree height and the trunk-to-crown ratio are independent predictors of cognitive impairment.
Conclusions.
Trees drawn by cognitively impaired patients are different from those drawn by healthy subjects with a progressive differentiation from mild to more relevant degrees of cognitive impairment.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Stanzani Maserati, Michelangelo& Matacena, Corrado& Sambati, Luisa& Oppi, Federico& Poda, Roberto& De Matteis, Maddalena…[et al.]. 2015. The Tree-Drawing Test (Koch’s Baum Test): A Useful Aid to Diagnose Cognitive Impairment. Behavioural Neurology،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Stanzani Maserati, Michelangelo…[et al.]. The Tree-Drawing Test (Koch’s Baum Test): A Useful Aid to Diagnose Cognitive Impairment. Behavioural Neurology No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-6.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Stanzani Maserati, Michelangelo& Matacena, Corrado& Sambati, Luisa& Oppi, Federico& Poda, Roberto& De Matteis, Maddalena…[et al.]. The Tree-Drawing Test (Koch’s Baum Test): A Useful Aid to Diagnose Cognitive Impairment. Behavioural Neurology. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1057551
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1057551