Fowler, Nicole R., Harrawood, Amanda, Frame, Amie, Perkins, Anthony J., Gao, Sujuan, Callahan, Christopher M., Sachs, Greg A., French, Dustin D., Boustani, Malaz A.

Background: Dementia affects over 4 million people in the US and is frequently unrecognized and underdiagnosed in primary care. Routine dementia screening in primary care is not recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force due to lack of empirical data on the benefits and harms of screening. This trial seeks to fill this gap […]

Russo, María Julieta, Iturry, Mónica, Sraka, María Alejandra, Bartoloni, Leonardo, Carnero Pardo, Cristóbal, Allegri, Ricardo Francisco

Phototest is a simple, easy and very brief test with theoretical advantages over available dementia screening tests in Spain. The objective of this study was to estimate the diagnostic accuracy of the Phototest for cognitive impairment and dementia and to compare it with that of the MMSE and the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) in an […]

Reckess, Gila Z., Brandt, Jason, Luis, Cheryl A., Zandi, Peter, Martin, Barbara, Breitner, John C. S.

Compared with in-person assessment methods, telephone screening for dementia and other cognitive syndromes may improve efficiency of large population studies or prevention trials. We used data from the Alzheimer’s Disease Anti-Inflammatory Prevention Trial to compare performance of a four-test Telephone Assessment Battery (TAB) that included the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) to that of […]