Predicting risk of 2-year incident dementia using the CAMCOG total and subscale scores.

ABSTRACT:

Background

being able to identify individuals at high risk of dementia is important for diagnostics and intervention. Currently, there is no standard approach to assessing cognitive function in older aged individuals to best predict incident dementia.

Objective

to identify cognitive changes associated with an increased risk of 2-year incident dementia using the Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG).

Design

longitudinal population representative sample aged 65+ years.

Methods

individuals were from the Medical Research Council Cognitive Function and Ageing Study. Classification and Regression Tree analysis was used to detect the optimal cut-off value for the CAMCOG total, subscales and composite memory and non-memory scores, for predicting dementia. Sensitivit

SUBMITTER: Restaino M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3745089 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature