{"id":671,"date":"2014-02-06T07:08:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-05T19:08:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/?p=671"},"modified":"2014-02-08T07:08:55","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T19:08:55","slug":"new-self-test-for-brain-function-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/new-self-test-for-brain-function-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"New Self-Test For Brain Function Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"doctor\"<\/a>Have you ever wondered if your brain was working normally or sub-par? Are you or someone you love at risk for or beginning to experience some degree of cognitive decline? \u00a0Well a new self-test is now available from Ohio State University that can help you or others you know determine if you\/they are doing OK or beginning to slip. And it\u2019s free!<\/p>\n

If you work in health care and use the Mini-Mental, SLUMS or a similar cognitive assessment tool, this may be of professional value for you as well.<\/span><\/p>\n

The test is called the e Self-Administered Gerocognitive Examination test, or SAGE.\u00a0<\/span>As an Alzheimer\u2019s researcher I learned of this nearly 4 years ago. It seems to take a loooog time for scientific discoveries to make it to mainstream. But this is finally here, and as the name implies, it\u2019s designed to be a \u201cdo-it-yourself\u201d type of test that you or the patient can complete in about 15 minutes in the privacy of your\/their own home.<\/p>\n

Often people with memory problems do worse on tests in a foreign or public setting like a doctor\u2019s office, or clinic. This university validated and standardized self-test can help avoid that typical skewing factor, while maintaining personal privacy and validity. And it can help a person determine if indeed they need to see a doctor. \u00a0Plus, with it’s 4 different versions it\u2019s a good test for identifying where a person is at and\/or to measure treatment related outcomes and progress over time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the research published Feb 5th<\/sup> in the\u00a0Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences<\/a>, this a 15-minute at-home test may be able to detect early signs of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, dementia, and cognitive decline.<\/p>\n

Developed by Douglas Scharre, M.D., of the Division of Cognitive Neurology at Ohio State University\u2019s Wexner Medical Center, it\u2019s a surprisingly simple 12-question pen-and-paper questionnaire which comes in four versions, to assesses:<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Orientation (in time, for example)
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Language and verbal fluency
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Reasoning and computation
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Visuospatial skills
\n\u2022\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Executive problem solving and memory<\/p>\n

To access or learn more about this test go to:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/medicalcenter.osu.edu\/patientcare\/healthcare_services\/alzheimers\/sage-test\/Pages\/index.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n

For a good free reliable online \u00a0test I would encourage you to also try the test at: http:\/\/www.mybraintrainer.com\/index.asp?REFCODE=ABETTER28<\/a>
\n<\/b>Simply click on this link and then arrow down to: \u201cLet Us Caculate Your Brain Age And Brain Power<\/b>.\u201d Do this a couple of times a day for two days before any new intervention, and then monthly thereafter to measure progress online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Have you ever wondered if your brain was working normally or sub-par? Are you or someone you love at risk for or beginning to experience some degree of cognitive decline? \u00a0Well a new self-test is now available from Ohio State University that can help you or others you know determine if you\/they are doing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":583,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prevention-strategies"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":672,"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions\/672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/4abettermemory.com\/memory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}