Feasibility of an online consensus approach for the diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia in rural South Africa.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We describe the development and feasibility of using an online consensus approach for diagnosing cognitive impairment and dementia in rural South Africa.

Methods

Cognitive assessments, clinical evaluations, and informant interviews from Cognition and Dementia in the Health and Aging in Africa Longitudinal Study (HAALSI Dementia) were reviewed by an expert panel using a web-based platform to assign a diagnosis of cognitively normal, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or dementia.

Results

Six hundred thirty-five participants were assigned a final diagnostic category, with 298 requiring adjudication conference calls. Overall agreement between each rater's independent diagnosis and final diagnosis (via the portal or consensus conference) was 78.3%. A moderate l

SUBMITTER: Bassil DT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10072202 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature