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Short screening tests for dementia in the elderly population. II. The combined use of more than one test
Author(s) -
Hooijer C.,
Dinkgreve M.,
Jonker C.,
Kay D. W. K.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930071109
Subject(s) - comparability , dementia , test (biology) , population , medicine , screening test , gerontology , validation test , psychometrics , test validity , pediatrics , clinical psychology , environmental health , mathematics , disease , paleontology , combinatorics , biology
Abstract In the present report, the effects of combining two or more of four short screening tests for dementia in the elderly population were studied using GMS‐AGECAT organic levels as the criterion. Both the combined cut‐off scores and the summed test scores appeared to have clear advantages over the use of one test for the efficacy of case detection and for the comparability of studies. Costs and benefits of this procedure are discussed. In population‐based studies the addition of another screening test to the MMSE is recommended.