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Is large scale community memory screening feasible?
— experience from a regional memory screening day | | Author(s) | Janet M Lawrence, Donald A Davidoff, Debra Katt-Lloyd |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 51, no 8, August 2003 |
| Pages | pp 1072-1078 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Screening ; Living in the community ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Methods for a Regional Memory Screening Day (RMSD) were developed from a pilot study and used two screening instruments, the Mini-Mental Screening Examination (MMSE) and the 7-minute screen (7MS). This follow-up study investigated the suitability of the RMSD in identifying individuals with a high probability of dementia and in need of further assessment that would result in earlier diagnosis. The follow-up survey of participants and their physicians supported the conclusion that a community memory screening programme might detect individuals who were previously unknown to have cognitive problems. Moreover, such a programme was highly acceptable to participants. However, the small number diagnosed with dementia as a result of the screening programme indicates that this form of screening may be inefficient as performed. Multiple obstacles to seeking follow-up care were identified and needed to be developed in larger scale programmes to make this a worthwhile endeavour. The experience gained in this memory screening programme might aid in the planning of better programmes, which will be essential if early diagnosis is to keep pace with the growth of treatments for dementia. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030923205 A |
| Classmark | EA: DB: 3V: K4: DA: 4C: 7T |
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