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## Abstract ## Background Early dementia diagnosis is aided by the use of brief screening tests; scores can be biased by patient and informant characteristics such as age, gender and education. ## Objective To assess whether the General Practitioner's Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG), a brief screening tool for detecting cognitive impairment comprising a patient cognitive test and questions to an informant, is biased by patient and informant characteristics. ## Design Sixty‐seven general practitioners recruited consecutive patients (with informants). Patients were subsequently assessed by a research psychologist, and DSM‐IV diagnoses assigned following a case‐conference. ## Setting Primary Care. ## Subjects Two hundred and eighty three home‐dwelling individuals, 11.3% of whom were aged 50–74 years with suspected memory problems and the rest aged 75 or more. ## Methods The GPCOG, Cambridge Mental Disorder of the Elderly Examination cognitive scale (CAMCOG), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and the SF‐12 Health Survey (SF‐12) were administered and demographic data were collected and consensus DSM‐IV diagnoses of dementia made. Relationships between patient and informant characteristi
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- Author
- Henry Brodaty; Nicola M. Kemp; Lee-Fay Low
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)
- Published
- 2004
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)