title: Screening for Dementia in Older Adults: Comparison of Mini-Mental State Examination, Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test and AD8.
abstract: This study was conducted to estimate screening performance of dementia screening tools including Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and Ascertain Dementia 8 questionnaire (AD8) for older adults. 2015 participants aged 65 years or more in eastern China were enrolled. 4 screening tests were administered and scored by specifically trained psychiatrists. We used data from two-by-two tables to calculate the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values (PPV/NPV). Our study showed that dementia was highly prevalent among elderly in Zhejiang province. The Mini-Cog, with excellent screening characteristics and spending less time, could be considered to be used as a screening tool among communities to help to diagnose dementia early.
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Cardiovascular Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Cardiovascular Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Xiaoqing
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Cardiovascular Disease Control and Prevention, Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Hospital, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Shanhu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.affiliation: Zhejiang Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Hangzhou, China.
authors.forename: Haibin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity