title: Comparison between two tests of delayed recall for the diagnosis of dementia.
abstract: Diagnosis of dementia is a challenge in populations with heterogeneous educational background.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To compare the accuracies of two delayed recall tests for the diagnosis of dementia in a community with high proportion of illiterates.
  
  
  METHODS
  The delayed recall of a word list from the CERAD battery (DR-CERAD) was compared with the delayed recall of objects presented as line drawings from the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (DR-BCSB) using ROC curves. Illiterate (23 controls and 17 patients with dementia) and literate individuals (28 controls and 17 patients with dementia) were evaluated in a community-dwelling Brazilian population.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The DR-BCSB showed higher accuracy than the DR-CERAD in the illiterate (p=0.029), similar accuracy in the literate individuals (p=0.527), and a trend for higher accuracy in the entire population (p=0.084).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  the DR-BCSB could be an alternative for the diagnosis of dementia in populations with high proportion of illiterates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hospital das Clínicas, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Leonel Tadao
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: Takada
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Caramelli
authors.forename: Helenice Charchat
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Fichman
authors.forename: Cláudia Sellitto
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Porto
authors.forename: Valéria Santoro
authors.initials: VS
authors.lastname: Bahia
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Anghinah
authors.forename: Maria Teresa
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Carthery-Goulart
authors.forename: Márcia
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Radanovic
authors.forename: Jerusa
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Smid
authors.forename: Emílio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nitrini
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003071:Cognition; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory / Q000502:physiology*; D011939:Mental Recall / Q000502:physiology*; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D012372:ROC Curve; D017678:Sex Distribution; D014705:Verbal Behavior