The Clock Drawing Test: A Reasonable Instrument to Assess Probable Dementia in Primary Care?

Objective: The primary aim of the study was to determine accuracy, sensitivity and specificity of the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) in detecting probable dementia as compared to the multi-domain dementia screening test DemTect.

Methods: The sample was derived from the general practitioner (GP)-based, cluster-randomized controlled intervention trial DelpHi-MV (Dementia: life- and person-centered help in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania). Selected from 6.

Subjective memory impairment: No suitable criteria for case-finding of dementia in primary care.

Introduction: Subjective memory impairment (SMI) might be used for the case-finding of dementia. Present analyses aim to determine the diagnostic value and the predictive ability of SMI and related worries for the discrimination of patients screened positive or negative for dementia.

Methods: The analyses are based on data derived from the ongoing German general practioner (GP)-based, randomized controlled trial DelpHi-MV.

Acceptance of and attitudes towards Alzheimer's disease screening in elderly German adults.

Background: Considering the discussion on implementing routine dementia screening in Germany, the objective of the current study was to validate the German version of the Perceptions Regarding Investigational Screening for Memory in Primary Care (PRISM-PC) questionnaire and to determine the acceptance of Alzheimer's disease screening in elderly German adults.

Methods: The German version of the PRISM-PC was administered to a subsample of participants who attended the Berlin Aging Study II (n = 506). The questionnaire was validated by exploratory as well as confirmatory factor analysis.