Raza Naqvi|Sehrish Haider|George Tomlinson|Shabbir M.H. Alibhai
Cognitive assessments in multicultural populations using the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Western Caspian University|University of Toronto|Western Caspian University|University of Toronto|Western Caspian University|University of Toronto|Western Caspian University|University of Toronto
h3backgroundh3 canada growing multinational immigrant population many commonly used cognitive assessment tools known cultural biases difficult use ethnically diverse patient populations rowland universal dementia assessment scale rudas cognitive assessment tool created culturally linguistically diverse populations performed systematic review metaanalysis assess psychometric characteristics rudas compare available tools h3methodsh3 identified studies assessed psychometric properties rudas compared reference standard diagnosing dementia compared rudas cognitive assessment tools two independent reviewers screened abstracts fulltext articles reviewed bibliographies references extracted data using standardized forms assessed studies risk bias h3resultsh3 search resulted 148 articles 11 included rudas assessed 1236 participants found pooled sensitivity 772 95 confidence interval ci 674845 pooled specificity 859 95 ci 748926 yielding positive likelihood ratio 55 95 ci 29107 negative likelihood ratio 027 95 ci 017040 pooled estimate correlation rudas minimental state examination mmse 077 95 ci 072081 results rudas less affected language education level mmse h3interpretationh3 rudas brief freely available cognitive assessment tool reasonable psychometric characteristics may particularly useful patients diverse backgrounds