Can We Exclude Dementia in Older Adults with Suspected Cognitive Impairment Who Attend the Clinical Encounter Alone?

Autor: Apolinario, Daniel, Soares, Aline Thomaz, Magaldi, Regina Miksian, Leopold Busse, Alexandre, Barretto‐Filho, Antonio Carlos Pereira, Jacob‐Filho, Wilson
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society; Jul2014, Vol. 62 Issue 7, p1392-1393, 2p, 1 Diagram
Abstrakt: The article discusses research which was conducted to investigate differences in the diagnosis of cognitive impairment in patients who were assessed alone or were accompanied at their assessment. Researchers evaluated 230 adults. They found that 58.7% of the subjects attended their first visit with a companion, and that accompanied subjects were more likely to have a diagnosis of cognitive impairment or dementia.
Databáze: Complementary Index