Cognition, functional status, education, and the diagnosis of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Spanish-speaking elderly.

摘要: A group of 314 Spanish-speaking elders were classified in 55 participants with mild to moderate dementia, 74 cognitive impairment (MCI), and 185 control participants, according clinical evaluation derived. Sensitivity, specificity, detection characteristics frequently functional tests calculated comparison the evaluation: Minimental State Examination, Brief Neuropsychological Test Battery, Short Blessed test, Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire, Dementia Scale. Influence education on sensitivity specificity values varied along tests. For all measures, a great number MCI who fulfilled Mayo's (Mayo's Clinical School) criteria (Petersen et al., 1999) misclassified as controls few demented. Level plays very important role both assessment. The that are commonly used to...