Advanced Search

Journal Navigation

Journal Home

Subscriptions

Archive

Contact Us

Table of Contents

Sign In to gain access to subscriptions and/or personal tools.
Dementia
This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow References
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Right arrow Citation Map
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to Saved Citations
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Request Reprints
Right arrow Add to My Marked Citations
Citing Articles
Right arrow Citing Articles via HighWire
Right arrow Citing Articles via Google Scholar
Right arrow Citing Articles via Scopus
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Crooks, V. C.
Right arrow Articles by Yep, R. L.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us   Add to Digg   Add to Reddit   Add to Technorati  
What's this?

Self-reported severe memory problems as a screen for cognitive impairment and dementia

Valerie C. Crooks

J. Galen Buckwalter

Diana B. Petitti

Kathleen K. Brody

Kaiser Permanente, USA

Ralph L. Yep

Southern California Permanente Medical Group, USA

Undetected cognitive impairment (CI) and dementia are important clinical and epidemiological problems. This study addresses the effectiveness of using a single self-reported measure of severe memory problems (SMP) as a screen for CI and dementia. For the purposes of the study, 3220 elderly women participated in a mailed Health Survey Questionnaire and telephone interviews. Cognitive scores derived from the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status–modified (TICSm) were calculated. Based on a multi-stage assessment strategy, all subjects were classified in one of three status categories: dementia, CI, or unimpaired. The SMP question was suggestive of cognitive problems in the majority of responders. t-tests found affirmative responders scored much lower on the cognitive test than negative responders. The SMP question had a sensitivity of .24 and a specificity of .99 for screening CI and dementia. While other assessment measures are needed, the SMP question is highly suggestive of CI and may serve as a first-stage screen in clinical and research settings.

Key Words: cognitive screen • memory problems • self-report surveys • telephone interviews

Dementia, Vol. 4, No. 4, 539-551 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1471301205058310
Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us   Add to Digg Digg   Add to Reddit Reddit   Add to Technorati Technorati    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Age AgeingHome page
A. J. Mitchell
Is it time to separate subjective cognitive complaints from the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment?
Age Ageing, September 1, 2008; 37(5): 497 - 499.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]