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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Triple Test Plus Rapid Cognitive Screening Test: A Combination of Clinical Signs and A Tool for Cognitive Assessment in Older Adults.

Saadet Koc Okudur, Ozge Dokuzlar, Derya Kaya, Pinar Soysal, Ahmet Turan Isik

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. The three clap test: a window into cognitive and frontal lobe dysfunction.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  3. Diagnosis of Dementia and Cognitive Impairment.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Saadet Koc OkudurDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Manisa State Hospital, Manisa 45040, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0001-5034-3720
Ozge DokuzlarUnit for Brain Aging and Dementia, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey.
Derya KayaUnit for Brain Aging and Dementia, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey.
Pinar SoysalDepartment of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Bezmialem Vakif University, Istanbul 34093, Turkey.
Ahmet Turan IsikUnit for Brain Aging and Dementia, Department of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir 35340, Turkey. atisik@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5867-6503
Dokuz Eylül University · TRBezmiâlem Vakıf Üniversitesi · TR

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Less time-consuming, easy-to-apply and more reliable cognitive screening tests are essential for use in primary care. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic value of the Turkish version of the Rapid Cognitive Screen (RCS-T) and Triple Test individually and the combination of RCS-T with each sign and Triple Test to screen elderly patients for cognitive impairment (CI). A total of 357 outpatients aged 60 or older, who underwent comprehensive geriatric assessment, were included in the study. Presence or absence of attended alone sign (AAS), head-turning sign, and applause sign was investigated. The mean age of the patients was 74.29 ± 7.46. Of those, 61 patients (28 men, 33 women) had Alzheimer's disease (AD), 59 patients had mild cognitive impairment (MCI) (29 men, 30 women), and 237 (80 men, 157 women) were cognitively robust. The sensitivity of the combination of RCS-T and negative for AAS for CI, AD and MCI is 0.79, 0.86 and 0.61, respectively; the specificity was 0.92, 0.93 and 0.92, respectively; and the positive and negative predictive values revealed good diagnostic accuracy. The combination of RCS-T and negative for AAS is a simple, effective and rapid way to identify possible CI in older adults.

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cognitive impairmentcognitive screening instrumentsdementiamild cognitive impairmentRapid Cognitive ScreenTriple Test

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PMID31443203
PMCPMC6787612
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