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One Size Does Not Fit All: Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale and the Mini Mental State Examination in a Memory Clinic Population with Very Low Education.
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- Cognitive Screening Instruments for Older Adults with Low Educational and Literacy Levels: A Systematic Review.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2022Pooled it
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- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Psychometric Validation of the Polish Version of Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS).Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment Identification in Illiterate and Low-Educated People: Systematic Review About the Use of Brief Cognitive Screening Tools.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
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- Conversion between the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale and Mini-Mental State Examination test scores in majority and minority populations.Brain and behavior · 2024Article
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- Diagnostic accuracy of linked administrative data for dementia diagnosis in community-dwelling older men in Australia.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
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- Validation of the cross-cultural dementia screening test in Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Can RUDAS Be an Alternate Test for Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults, Thailand?Geriatrics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- The challenges of achieving timely diagnosis and culturally appropriate care of people with dementia from minority ethnic groups in Europe.International journal of geriatric psychiatry · 2021Article
- Challenges and Research Priorities for Dementia Care in Malaysia from the Perspective of Health and Allied Health Professionals.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Cross-cultural neuropsychological assessment in the European Union: a Delphi expert study.Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists · 2021Article
- May zoledronic acid have negative effects on cognition and muscle performance?Irish journal of medical science · 2020Article
- Validation of the RUDAS for the Identification of Dementia in Illiterate and Low-Educated Older Adults in Lima, Peru.Frontiers in neurology · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundDiagnosing dementia in elderly immigrants is often difficult due to language and cultural barriers, low education, and illiteracy. We compared the diagnostic accuracy of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) to that of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE).
methodsA total of 144 patients (42 with intact cognition, 44 with mild cognitive impairment [MCI], and 58 with dementia) were administered both instruments and were diagnosed by specialists blinded for MMSE and RUDAS results.
resultsAreas under the curve for discriminating intact cognition from MCI and dementia were comparable for RUDAS (0.81; 95% confidence interval 0.74-0.88) and MMSE (0.75; 95% confidence interval 0.69-0.85). Education and literacy were not correlated with the RUDAS but had a medium-large correlation with the MMSE (rho = 0.39).
conclusionsThe study provides additional evidence for the usefulness of the RUDAS in a highly illiterate, culturally diverse geriatric outpatient population.
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