FORGET: Pilot of an Innovative and Simple History Based Screening Tool for Dementia Community Clinics and Acute Medical Hospitals

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ABSTRACT

The aim of this study is to pilot FORGET as screening tool for dementia in community OP clinic and acute medical hospital assessments. Sample size included 30 each of memory clinic and acute medical hospital patients. Assessments included FORGET and MMSE. Psychometric test parameters were calculated for FORGET (Cut-off >1 in OP clinic and >3 in acute medical hospital). Of 30 referrals to memory clinic, 25 had dementia. A score >1 on FORGET had sensitivity 80%, specificity 80%, PPV 95.24%, NPV 44.44%, OR 16.00 (p = 0.02) for diagnosis of dementia. Of 30 acute hospital referrals, 20 had dementia. A score >3 on FORGET had sensitivity 95%, specificity 90%, PPV 95% and NPV 90%, OR 171 (p = 0.0005). FORGET at a score of >1 in community and >3 in acute medical hospital is a useful screening tool for dementia.

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Badrakalimuthu, V. (2017) FORGET: Pilot of an Innovative and Simple History Based Screening Tool for Dementia Community Clinics and Acute Medical Hospitals. World Journal of Neuroscience, 7, 203-208. doi: 10.4236/wjns.2017.72015.

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