Improving screening accuracy for dementia in a community sample by augmenting cognitive testing with informant report
MacKinnon, Andrew; Khalilian, Alireza; Jorm, Anthony F; Korten, Ailsa; Christensen, Helen; Mulligan, Reinhild
Description
This study sought to determine whether the augmentation of cognitive testing with an informant report questionnaire could improve accuracy in screening for dementia in a community setting. The sample consisted of 646 subjects aged 70-93 years. Cognitive state was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Informants completed the 16-item short form of the Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE). Dementia was diagnosed according to DSM-III-R criteria....[Show more]
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Date published: | 2003 |
Type: | Journal article |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1885/76994 |
Source: | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology |
DOI: | 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00009-X |
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