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| Validation of a short cognitive tool for the screening of dementia in elderly people with low educational level | | Author(s) | María Jesus García de Yébenes, Angel Otero, Maria Victoría Zunzunegui |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 10, October 2003 |
| Pages | pp 925-936 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Educational status [elderly] ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Screening ; Spain. |
| Annotation | The Prueba Cognitiva de Leganés (PCL) is a 32-item cognitive test that includes two scores of orientation and memory, and a global score of 0-32 points. It was applied to a population of 627 Spanish people aged 70+ with low educational level who were independently diagnosed by consensus between two neurologists as having normal cognitive function, age-associated cognitive decline (AACD) or dementia. Individuals with severe visual or hearing defects and those who rejected the examination were excluded from the study. The PCL was validated with a sample of 375 individuals: 300 normal, 42 with AACD and 33 with dementia. The sensitivity, specificity, accuracy and likelihood ratios were calculated. The PCL is a simple instrument, which is both valid and reliable, for the screening of dementia in population samples of individuals with low educational level. The instrument could be useful in primary health care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031106205 A |
| Classmark | EA: F:V: DA: 4C: 3V: 76S |
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