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| Validation of a 6-item cognitive impairment test with a view to primary care usage | | Author(s) | Patrick Brooke, Roger Bullock |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 11, November 1999 |
| Pages | pp 936-940 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Screening ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; General practice ; Wiltshire. |
| Annotation | The 6 Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT) has recently been included as the cognitive impairment test for the Easy Care Elderly Assessment System, a European project which aims "to create a European standard for assessing the quality of life of older people". This study examines 6CIT's suitability as a screening tool for dementia as compared with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), as tested with three groups of patients in Wiltshire. 287 patients were tested: 135 controls (GDS 1-2), 70 with mild dementia (GDS 3-5) and 82 with more severe dementia (GDS 6-7). The 6CIT and MMSE were found to correlate well when all groups were analysed. In the GDS 3-5 group, the MMSE had a sensitivity and specificity of 51.43% and 100% respectively (cutoff 23/24). The 6CIT gives a sensitivity and specificity of 78.57% and 100% (cutoff 7/8). The 6CIT is a brief and simple test of cognition which correlates well with the MMSE, but outperforms it in mild dementia, so is useful for cognitive screening in primary care. The MMSE is of little value as a screening test for dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000114223 A |
| Classmark | EA: 3V: DA:4C: L5: 8WI |
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