Applicability of a cognitive questionnaire in the elderly and proxy.

Unlabelled: The Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly with the Proxy (IQCODE) was developed as a screening tool for cognition alterations.

Objectives: 1) To verify the applicability of IQCODE in the elderly with limited schooling,2) To verify the reliability of the responses supplied by the aged and their proxies.

Methods: Individuals of a Community Group were evaluated using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), IQCODE and Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS).