{"id":10444,"date":"2024-09-24T20:42:31","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T20:42:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/?p=10444"},"modified":"2025-12-30T18:51:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T18:51:38","slug":"clinical-dementia-rating-cdr-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/clinical-dementia-rating-cdr-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"99c380e4b4a7b96c35d7ddf7dcb434e8\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- MC 2019- Horizontal -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-0127150553352455\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3806776041\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>The CDR is a clinically based, semistructured interview, which rates impairment level in 6 cognitive domains: memory, orientation, judgment\/problem solving, community affairs, home and hobbies, and personal care.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) Scale<\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\" rowspan=\"2\">CDR Score<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">Impairment<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center;\">0<br \/>\nHealthy<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center;\">0.5<br \/>\nVery Mild<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center;\">1<br \/>\nMild<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center;\">2<br \/>\nModerate<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%; text-align: center;\">3<br \/>\nSevere<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Memory<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">No memory loss or slight in consistent forgetfulness<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Consistent slight forgetfulness; partial recollection of events; &#8220;benign&#8221; forgetfulness<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Moderate memory loss; more marked for recent events; defect interferes with everyday activities<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Severe memory loss; only highly learned material retained; new material rapidly lost<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Severe memory loss, only fragments remain<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Orientation<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Fully orientated<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Fully orientated except for slight difficulty with time relationships<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Moderate difficulty with time relationships; may have geographic disorientation elsewhere<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Severe difficulty with time relationships; usually disorientated in time, often to place<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Orientated to person only<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Judgment Problem-Solving<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Solves everyday problems and business affairs well; judgment good in relation to past performance<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Slight impairment in solving problems, similarities, differences<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Moderate difficulty in handling problems, similarities, differences<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Severely impaired in handling problems, similarities, differences<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Unable to make judgments or solve problems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Community Affairs<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Independent function at usual level in job, shopping, volunteer and social groups<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Slight impairment in these activities<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Unable to function independently at these activities, though may still be engaged in some<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">No pretense of independent function outside home.<br \/>\nAppears well enough to be taken to functions outside a family home<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">No pretense of independent function outside home.<br \/>\nAppears too ill to be taken to functions outside a family home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Home &amp; Hobbies<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Life at home, hobbies, intellectual interests well maintained<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Life at home, hobbies, intellectual interests slightly impaired<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Mild but definite impairment of function at home; more complicated hobbies abandoned<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Only simple chores preserved;very restricted interests, poorly maintained<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">No significant function in home<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Personal Care<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Fully capable of self-care<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Fully capable of self-care<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Needs prompting<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Requires assistance in hygiene, keeping of personal effects<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16.6667%;\">Requires much help with personal care<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>The Global CDR Score is useful for characterizing and tracking a patient\u2019s level of impairment\/dementia3. The Global CDR Score ranges from 0 (normal) to 3 (severe dementia).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>References:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Cummings J, Hahn-Pedersen JH, Eichinger CS, Freeman C, Clark A, Tarazona LRS, Lanct\u00f4t K. Exploring the relationship between patient-relevant outcomes and Alzheimer&#8217;s disease progression assessed using the clinical dementia rating scale: a systematic literature review. Front Neurol. 2023 Aug 17;14:1208802.<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/37669257\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> [Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ousset PJ, Andrieu S, Reynish E, Puel M, Vellas B. Evaluation clinique de la d\u00e9mence d&#8217;une cohorte de 358 patients par la version fran\u00e7aise de l&#8217;\u00e9chelle CDR [Clinical evaluation of dementia in a cohort of 358 patients with the French version of the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale]. Rev Med Interne. 2003 Oct;24 Suppl 3:283s-287s. <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/14710445\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[Medline]<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Created Sep 24, 2024<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Espa\u00f1ol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"no","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[2666,166,812,490,137,136,2667,464,457],"class_list":["post-10444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-neurology","tag-cdr","tag-clasificacion","tag-clinica","tag-clinical","tag-demencia","tag-dementia","tag-hughes","tag-rating","tag-scale"],"modified_by":"Guillermo Firman","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10444"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10451,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10444\/revisions\/10451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicalcriteria.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}