1. An empirical test of telephone screening to identify potential dementia cases.
- Author
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Gatz M, Reynolds C, Nikolic J, Lowe B, Karel M, and Pedersen N
- Subjects
- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer Disease diagnosis, Alzheimer Disease psychology, California epidemiology, Cross-Sectional Studies, Feasibility Studies, Female, Humans, Incidence, Interview, Psychological, Male, Mental Status Schedule statistics & numerical data, Reference Values, Alzheimer Disease epidemiology, Mass Screening, Telephone
- Abstract
Thirty-seven subjects, 15 with a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease and 22 normal controls, participated in a study of the accuracy of telephone screening in identifying potential dementia cases. The telephone protocol and scoring algorithm resulted in 100% sensitivity and 91% specificity. The findings suggest that a brief telephone interview can serve as an efficient screening device to locate dementia cases in the context of a large-scale community-based investigation.
- Published
- 1995
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