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Assessment of the diagnostic accuracy and discriminative validity of the Clock Drawing and Mini-Cog tests in detecting cognitive impairment

Authors :
I. Rego-García
Rosa Vilchez-Carrillo
J.M. Barrios-López
R Calle-Calle
Cristóbal Carnero-Pardo
S. Blanco-Madera
Samuel López-Alcalde
Source :
Neurología (English Edition), Vol 37, Iss 1, Pp 13-20 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier España, 2022.

Abstract

Introduction and objectives: The Mini-Cog is a very brief, widely used cognitive test that includes a memory task and a simplified assessment of the Clock Drawing Test (CDT). There is not a formal evaluation of the Mini-Cog test in Spanish. This study aims to analyse the diagnostic usefulness of the Mini-Cog and CDT for detecting cognitive impairment (CI). Methods: We performed a cross-sectional study, systematically including all patients who consulted at our neurology clinic over a 6-month period. We assessed diagnostic usefulness for detecting CI (defined according to the National Institute on Aging-Alzheimer’s Association criteria for mild cognitive impairment and dementia) according to the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC). Sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative likelihood ratios were calculated for each cut-off point. Results: The study included 581 individuals (315 with CI); 55.1% were women and 27.7% had not completed primary studies. The Mini-Cog showed greater diagnostic usefulness than the CDT (AUC ± sensitivity: 0.88 ± 0.01 vs 0.84 ± 0.01; P

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
21735808
Volume :
37
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Neurología (English Edition)
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....045ddab7fb38fe3378f4c55085697184