Diagnostic test accuracy of informant-based tools to diagnose dementia in older hospital patients with delirium: a prospective cohort study | Zendy

Thomas Jackson | Zendy; Alasdair M. J. MacLullich | Zendy; John Gladman | Zendy; Janet M. Lord | Zendy; Bart Sheehan | Zendy

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Diagnostic test accuracy of informant-based tools to diagnose dementia in older hospital patients with delirium: a prospective cohort study

Author(s) -

Thomas Jackson,

Alasdair M. J. MacLullich,

John Gladman,

Janet M. Lord,

Bart Sheehan

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afw065

Subject(s) - medicine , delirium , dementia , prospective cohort study , cohort , test (biology) , cohort study , pediatrics , physical therapy , psychiatry , disease , paleontology , biology

delirium and dementia co-exist commonly in hospital. Older people with delirium have high rates of undiagnosed dementia, but delirium affects the use of cognitive testing in dementia diagnosis. Novel methods to detect dementia in delirium are needed. The purpose of the study was to investigate the diagnostic test accuracy of informant tools to detect dementia in hospitalised older people with delirium.

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