Identifying persons with dementia by use of a caregiver telephone interview.
A telephone screening assessment designed to identify persons likely to have dementia was conducted in a random community sample of 4,403 adults. Because of the cognitive impairment of the subjects, information was obtained from caregivers. Twenty-nine subjects were identified as likely to have dementia. Of these, 15 agreed to a complete dementia assessment conducted in their residence, and all were diagnosed with dementia. There was high reliability between the caregiver telephone interview and the clinical examination.
Mintzer
J
J
Medical University of South Carolina, Institute of Psychiatry, Charleston, USA.
Nietert
P
P
Costa
K
K
Rust
P
P
Hoernig
K
K
D000368:Aged; D017028:Caregivers; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007406:Interview, Psychological; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013689:Telephone