Validation of the Seven Minute Screen an Syndrom Kurtztest among elderly Norwegian outpatients
Arvid Skjerve, Inger Hilde Nordhus, Knut Engedal,Anne Brækhus, Harald A. Nygaard, Ståle Pallesen, Per Kristian Haugen
Bok Engelsk 2008
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| Opplysninger | BACKGROUND: Brief cognitive tests represent a first step in the assessment of elderly people referred to outpatient clinics because of cognitive impairment. The aim of this study is to determine sensitivity, specificity and likelihood ratio for a positive result (LR+) for the brief cognitive tests Seven Minute Screen (7MS) and Syndrom Kurztest (SKT) in an outpatient sample of elderly patients with no dementia or mild dementia. METHODS: Ninety-five patients aged 65 years or more from 10 Norwegian geriatric and psychogeriatric outpatient clinics were included in the study. All the subjects had a Mini-mental State Examination score of 22-30. A consensus diagnosis of dementia according to ICD-10 was established by an expert panel that considered data from a standardized assessment protocol blinded for 7MS and SKT results. RESULTS: Subjects were diagnosed with mild dementia (n = 69) or no dementia (n = 26). Sensitivity for 7MS was 71%, specificity 73% and LR+ was 2.6. Sensitivity for SKT was 65%, specificity 65% and LR+ was 1.9. CONCLUSION: Sensitivity, specificity and LR+ for 7MS and SKT were unacceptably low in this outpatient sample.
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