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2. Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly

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   A disadvantage of such tests is that they are affected by the person's level of education, familiarity with the dominant language and culture in their country, and level of intelligence before the onset of dementia. [1] Because of this, cognitive screening tests can falsely indicate dementia in people with lower education, culturally and ...

3. A New 5-Minute Test For Dementia Is Here—Would You ... - AOL

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   The test is called the “5-Cog paradigm,” and it’s designed to make the process of diagnosing mild cognitive impairment and dementia easier—and give patients and their doctors more ...

4. General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition - Wikipedia

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   A recently conducted study in Australia [8] found that the GPCOG in comparison to the MMSE and Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) [9] was best to rule out dementia in a multicultural cohort of 151 community-dwelling persons. [8] Its sensitivity was higher (98.1) as compared to MMSE and RUDAS (84.3 and 87.7, respectively).

5. Study identifies 11 strong predictors for dementia that may ...

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   Addressing barriers such as cost and accessibility could expand routine cognitive testing and connect more people to treatments and resources in the critical early stages of dementia ...

6. Abbreviated mental test score - Wikipedia

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   The Abbreviated Mental Test score (AMTS) is a 10-point test for rapidly assessing elderly patients for the possibility of dementia.It was first used in 1972, [1] [2] and is now sometimes also used to assess for mental confusion (including delirium) and other cognitive impairments.

7. Opinion: Too many older Americans are getting tested for ...

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   Year after year, for 10 years, in fact, this patient’s cognitive tests had come back normal. Until this year, when a blood test was positive for biomarkers for Alzheimer’s — triggering a ...

8. Mini–mental state examination - Wikipedia

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   However, the MMSE scores may be used to classify the severity of cognitive impairment or to document serial change in dementia patients. The following four cut-off levels should be employed to classify the severity of cognitive impairment: no cognitive impairment 24–30; mild cognitive impairment 19–23; moderate cognitive impairment 10–18 ...

9. Biden's health is making headlines. Here's a guide to ... - AOL

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   The Mini-Mental State Examination is a quick test that screens for cognitive impairment, such as dementia, and takes about 10 minutes to complete, per Medline Plus. It involves asking a subject ...