Assessing the Validity and Reliability of Rowland's Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) in Patients with Dementia

The present study aims to investigate the validity and reliability of universal dementia assessment scale in patients with dementia. This study, 78 patients with dementia were diagnosed, in that the study tools were applied and collected and then analyzed using SPSS software over these patients. The validity and reliability of the scale was calculated. Also, the appropriate alpha (78%) of this questionnaire indicates the acceptable reliability among Iranian elderly clinical population. Given its characteristics, the universal scale of dementia analysis can be a useful tool for screening the dementia in the clinical population.