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NCIRE-supported researcher, Dr. Kenneth Covinsky, co-published in the Journal of American Geriatrics
Dementia often goes undetected in hospital settings, where cognitive assessments are challenging due to illness severity and delirium.
NCIRE-supported researcher, Dr. Kenneth Covinsky, co-published the study titled “Pulling Back the Curtain on Hospital Dementia Detection: Validation of the Informant-Based Clinical Dementia Rating”
The study aimed to evaluate the accuracy of the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), based solely on knowledgeable informant reports, for detecting preexisting dementia and cognitive impairment in hospitalized patients compared to a gold-standard diagnosis; and compare its performance to the 16-item Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE-16)
Read more: https://agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jgs.19494