- Title
- Screening for dementia in primary care: a comparison of the GPCOG and the MMSE
- Creator
- Brodaty, Henry; Connors, Michael H.; Loy, Clement; Teixeira-Pinto, Armando; Stocks, Nigel; Gunn, Jane; Mate, Karen E.; Pond, C. Dimity
- Relation
- NHMRC.351220 & NHMRC.510745
- Relation
- Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Vol. 42, Issue 5-6, p. 323-330
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000450992
- Publisher
- S. Karger AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Background/Aims: The General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) is a brief cognitive test. This study compared the GPCOG to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the most widely used test, in terms of their ability to detect likely dementia in primary care. Methods: General practitioners across three states in Australia recruited 2,028 elderly patients from the community. A research nurse administered the GPCOG and the MMSE, as well as the Cambridge Examination for Mental Disorders of the Elderly Cognitive Scale-Revised that we used to define likely dementia. Results: Overall, the GPCOG and the MMSE were similarly effective at detecting likely dementia. The GPCOG, however, had a higher sensitivity than the MMSE when using published cutpoints. Conclusion: The GPCOG is an effective screening tool for dementia in primary care. It appears to be a viable alternative to the MMSE, whilst also requiring less time to administer.
- Subject
- Alzheimer’s disease; assessment; cognitive test; dementia; general practice; general practitioner assessment of cognition; mini-mental state examination; primary care
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1328964
- Identifier
- uon:26028
- Identifier
- ISSN:1420-8008
- Language
- eng
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