Stella?Maria Paddick|William K. Gray|Luqman Ogunjimi|Bingileki Lwezuala|Olaide Olakehinde|Aloyce Kisoli|John Kissima|Godfrey Mbowe|Sarah Mkenda|Catherine Dotchin|Richard Walker|Declare Mushi|Cecilia Collingwood|Adesola Ogunniyi
Validation of the Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) cognitive screen in Nigeria and Tanzania
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust|North Tyneside General Hospital|Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust|North Tyneside General Hospital|University College Hospital, Ibadan|University of Ibadan|University College Hospital, Ibadan|University of Ibadan|Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre|Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre|Newcastle Hospitals - Campus for Ageing and Vitality|Newcastle University|Newcastle University|Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre|Newcastle University|University College Hospital, Ibadan|University of Ibadan
previously described development identification intervention dementia elderly africans idea cognitive screen use populations low levels formal education idea cognitive screen developed fieldtested elderly communitybased population rural tanzania relatively high prevalence cognitive impairment aim study validate idea cognitive screen assessment major cognitive impairment hospital settings nigeria tanzaniain nigeria 121 consecutive elderly medical clinic outpatients reviewed university college hospital ibadan screened using idea cognitive screen tanzania 97 consecutive inpatients admitted mawenzi regional hospital mrh moshi 108 consecutive medical clinic outpatients attending geriatric medicine clinic mrh screened interrater reliability assessed tanzanian outpatients attending st josephs hospital moshi using three raters diagnosis dementia delirium dsmiv criteria classified major cognitive impairment provided independently physician blinded results screening assessmentthe area receiver operating characteristic auroc curve nigerian outpatients tanzanian outpatients tanzanian inpatients 0990 0919 0917 respectively interrater reliability good intraclass correlation coefficient 0742 0791 regression models cognitive screen appear educationally biasedthe idea cognitive screen performed well populations prove useful screening dementia delirium areas subsaharan africa