Validation of a telephone screening test for Alzheimer's disease.
Financial constraints, mobility issues, medical conditions, crime in local areas can make cognitive assessment difficult for elders and telephone interviews can be a good alternative. This study was carried out to evaluate the reliability, validity and clinical utility of a Brazilian telephone version of the Mini Mental State Examination (Braztel-MMSE) in a community sample of healthy elderly participants and AD patients. The MMSE and the Braztel-MMSE were applied to 66 AD patients and 67 healthy elderly participants. The test-retest reliability was strong and significant (r = .92, p = .01), and the correlation between the Braztel-MMSE and the MMSE were significant (p = .01) and strong (r = .92). The general screening ability of the Braztel-MMSE was high (AUC = 0.982; CI95% = 0.964-1.001). This telephone version can therefore be used as a screening measure for dementia in older adults that need neuropsychological screening and cannot present for an evaluation.
Alzheimer's Disease and Neurogeriatric Clinic, Neurology Service, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA), Porto Alegre, Brazil. anacamoz@gmail.com
Ana Luiza
AL
Camozzato
Renata
R
Kochhann
Claudia
C
Godinho
Amanda
A
Costa
Marcia L
ML
Chaves
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D054928:Validation Studies as Topic