Cristóbal Carnero?Pardo|Manuel Gurpegui|Emilio Sánchez?Cantalejo|Ana Frank|S Mola|M. S. Barquero|M T Montoro-Ríos
Diagnostic accuracy of the Eurotest for dementia: a naturalistic, multicenter phase II study
Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves|Universidad de Granada|Andalusian School of Public Health|Hospital Universitario La Paz|Hospital Vega Baja|Hospital Clínico San Carlos|Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves
available screening tests dementia limited usefulness influenced patients culture educational level eurotest instrument based knowledge handling money designed overcome limitations objective study evaluate diagnostic accuracy eurotest identifying dementia customary clinical practicea crosssectional multicenter naturalistic phase ii study conducted eurotest administered consecutive patients older 60 years general neurology clinics patients condition classified dementia dementia according dsmiv diagnostic criteria calculated sensitivity sn specificity sp area roc curves aroc 95 confidence intervals influence social educational factors scores evaluated multiple linear regression analysis influence factors diagnostic accuracy evaluated logistic regressionsixteen neurologists recruited total 516 participants 101 dementia 380 without dementia 35 excluded 481 participants took eurotest 387 totally functionally illiterate 455 received formal education mean time needed administer test 8220 minutes best cutoff point 2021 sn 091 084096 sp 082 077085 aroc 093 091095 neither scores eurotest diagnostic accuracy influenced social educational factorsthis naturalistic pragmatic study shows eurotest rapid simple useful screening instrument free educational influences appropriate internal external validity