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DRS-2

Dementia Rating Scale–2

Steven Mattis, PhD; Professional Manual by Paul J. Jurica, PhD, Christopher L. Leitten, PhD, and Steven Mattis, PhD; DR-2: Alternate Form by Kara S. Schmidt, PhD

Purpose:
Measures mental status in adults with cognitive impairment
Format:
Paper and pencil, E-Manual, Online scoring via PARiConnect
Age range:
56 years to 105 years
Time:
15–30 minutes; 12 minutes to score
Qualification level:
B
B
A degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in psychology, counseling, speech-language pathology, or a closely related field plus satisfactory completion of coursework in test interpretation, psychometrics and measurement theory, educational statistics, or a closely related area; or license or certification from an agency that requires appropriate training and experience in the ethical and competent use of psychological tests. Close

Test for Dementia Over Time in Adults Age 56 to 105 Years

 

The DRS-2 assesses a patient’s overall level of cognitive functioning.

Features and benefits

  • Used to track changes in cognitive status over time.
  • Two forms allow for a better characterization of declining cognitive status and an improvement in the evaluation of treatment efficacy.
  • Shorter test time if the client performs well early on in each subscale as subsequent tasks are credited with correct performance.
  • The DRS-2 Interpretive Report is available on PARiConnect.

Alternate form facilitates retesting

The DRS-2: Alternate Form reduces the practice effects that can occur with repeated administrations of the DRS-2. The availability of two DRS-2 forms allows for a better characterization of declining cognitive status and an improvement in the evaluation of treatment efficacy.

  • The item content and stimuli are structured to mirror those in the DRS-2.
  • Reliability between the forms is strong, with a correlation coefficient of .82 for the Total Score and correlation coefficients ranging from .66 to .80 for the subscales.
  • Several other studies, including a generalizability study and an equipercentile equating study, were conducted to determine the equivalency between the two forms.