Open AccessFeasibility of using everyday abilities scale of India as alternative to mental state examination as a screen in two-phase survey estimating the prevalence of dementia in largely illiterate Indian population
Author(s) -
Sunil Kumar Raina,
Vishav Chander,
Sujeet Raina,
Dinesh Kumar
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.196715
Subject(s) - dementia , scale (ratio) , population , gerontology , mini–mental state examination , mental state , phase (matter) , psychology , medicine , psychiatry , geography , environmental health , cartography , disease , pathology , chemistry , organic chemistry
A situation analysis report on elderly in India shows that the literacy rate for persons aged above 60 is 36%. Using HMSE and its modification in the first phase of a two phase study to estimate the prevalence of dementia in such a population must be read with caution as these tests are literacy dependent. We conducted a post hoc analysis to explore the feasibility of using EASI as an alternative to HMSE and its modifications as the first phase screen in two phase surveys to estimate the prevalence of dementia.