GUIDELINES FOR APATHY EVALUATION SCALE I. Definition and measurement of apathy: The Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) was developed to provide global measures of apathy in adults and elderly individuals
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The Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES) was developed to provide global measures of apathy in adults and elderly individuals 1 . Reliability and validity data are available for middle aged and older adults (2). Examination of individual items also provides qualitative information which may be of use in clinical assessments. The conceptual, clinical, and empirical background for the AES is presented in several publications (2-7). This background, along with descriptions of other applications of apathy and the AES, is summarized in more recent work (8-10). Essential aspects of this background are presented here as an introduction to the use of the AES.
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