Combining cognitive testing and informant report to increase accuracy in screening for dementia

American Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 155, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1529-1535

  Mackinnon, Andrew ^a   Mulligan, Reinhild ^b  

^a FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0031787988     PISSN: 0002953X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ajp.155.11.1529     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Currie J, Ramsden B, McArthur C, Maruff P: Validation of a clinical antisaccadic eye movement test in the assessment of dementia. Arch Neurol 1991; 48:644-648
2. Mulligan R, Mackinnon A, Jorm AF, Giannakopoulos P, Michel J-P: A comparison of alternative methods of screening for dementia in clinical settings. Arch Neurol 1996; 53:532-537
3. Ritchie K, Fuhrer R: A comparative study of the performance of screening tests for senile dementia using receiver operating characteristics analysis. J Clin Epidemiol 1992; 45:627-637
4. Jorm AF: Assessment of cognitive impairment and dementia using informant report. Clin Psychol Rev 1996; 16:51-73
5. Jorm AF, Mackinnon AJ, Christensen H, Henderson AS, Jacomb PA, Korten AE: The Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS): further data on psychometric properties and validity from a longitudinal study of the elderly. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 1997; 12:93-100
6. Jorm AF, Mackinnon AJ, Henderson AS, Scott R, Christensen H, Korten AE, Cullen JS, Mulligan R: The Psychogeriatic Assessment Scales: a multi-dimensional alternative to categorical diagnoses of dementia and depression in the elderly. Psychol Med 1995; 25:447-460
7. Tombaugh TN, McIntyre NJ: The Mini-Mental State Examination: a comprehensive review. J Am Gerontol Soc 1992; 40: 922-935
8. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR: "Mini-Mental State": a practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res 1975; 12:189-198
9. Jorm AF, Jacomb PA: The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE): socio-demographic correlates, reliability, validity and some norms. Psychol Med 1989; 19:1015-1022
10. Griner PF, Mayowski MD, Mushlin MD, Greenland P: Selection and interpretation of diagnostic tests and procedures. Ann Intern Med 1981; 94:553-600
11. Kraemer HC: Evaluating Medical Tests. Newbury Park, Calif, Sage Publications, 1992
12. Tabachnick BG, Fidell LS: Using Multivariate Statistics, 3rd ed. New York, HarperCollins, 1996
13. Hosmer DWJ, Lemeshow S: Applied Logistic Regression. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1989
14. Galen RS, Gambino SR: Beyond Normality: The Predictive Value and Efficiency of Medical Diagnosis. New York, John Wiley & Sons, 1975
15. Gagnon M, Letenneur L, Dartigues JF Commenges D, Orgogozo JM, Barberger-Gateau P, Alpérovitch A, Décamps A, Salamon R: Validity of the Mini-Mental State Examination as a screening instrument for cognitive impairment and dementia in French elderly community residents. Neuroepidemiology 1990; 9:143-150
16. Jorm AF, Broe GA, Creasey H Sulway MR, Dent O, Fairley MJ, Kos SC, Tennant C: Further data on the validity of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQ-CODE). Int J Geriatric Psychiatry 1996; 11:131-139
17. Jorm AF, Scott R, Cullen JS, Mackinnon AJ: Performance of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) as a screening test for dementia. Psychol Med 1991; 21:785-790
18. Jorm AF: A short form of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE): development and cross-validation. Psychol Med 1994; 24:145-153
19. Press SJ, Wilson S: Choosing between logistic regression and discriminant analysis. J Am Statistical Assoc 1978; 73: 699-705
20. DeLong ER, DeLong DM, Clarke-Pearson DL: Comparing the areas under two or more correlated receiver operating characteristic curves: a nonparametric approach. Biometrics 1988; 44:837-845
21. Hlatky MA, Mark DB, Harrell FEJ, Lee KL, Califf RM, Pryor DB: Rethinking sensitivity and specificity. Am J Cardiol 1987; 59:1195-1198
22. Mulligan R, Mackinnon A, Henderson S: Screening tests and diagnosis of dementia (letter). Lancet 1996; 348:413