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Comparative Study
. 2016 Dec 22;11(12):e0168949.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0168949. eCollection 2016.

Screening for Dementia in Older Adults: Comparison of Mini-Mental State Examination, Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test and AD8

Li Yang  1 , Jing Yan  1 , Xiaoqing Jin  2 , Yu Jin  2 , Wei Yu  1 , Shanhu Xu  2 , Haibin Wu  3
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Comparative Study

Screening for Dementia in Older Adults: Comparison of Mini-Mental State Examination, Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test and AD8

Li Yang et al. PLoS One. .

Abstract

This study was conducted to estimate screening performance of dementia screening tools including Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and Ascertain Dementia 8 questionnaire (AD8) for older adults. 2015 participants aged 65 years or more in eastern China were enrolled. 4 screening tests were administered and scored by specifically trained psychiatrists. We used data from two-by-two tables to calculate the sensitivity, specificity, and positive and negative predictive values (PPV/NPV). Our study showed that dementia was highly prevalent among elderly in Zhejiang province. The Mini-Cog, with excellent screening characteristics and spending less time, could be considered to be used as a screening tool among communities to help to diagnose dementia early.

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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1. Schematic diagram of study participant selection.
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