Pilot Evaluating Informant Questionnaire of the Community Screening Instrument for Dementia in a Sample of Community Elderly Population
- VernacularTitle:社区痴呆筛查知情人问卷在北京部分社区老年人中的试测
- Author:
Fang YAN
;
Yueqin HUANG
;
Jiakai GONG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
dementia;
validity;
CSID informant questionnaire;
informant
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1988;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To evaluate feasibility of informant questionnaire of the Community Screening Instrument for Dementia(CSID) and related factors in a sample of community elderly population, and to investigate prevalence of suspectable dementia in the sampled people.Method: A total of 2267 people aged 65 and above in one rural area and one urban area in Beijing were recruited and their informants were assessed by the CSID informant questionnaire.Validity of CSID were evaluated according to the computerized diagnosis of 10/66 project and ICD-10.Result:The split-half reliability of CSID informant questionnaire was 0.85 and the consistency was more than 0.8.When the cutoff point of CSID was 6 or more, sensitivity was 86.2% and specificity was 93.2%.At meantime, the prevalence of suspectable dementia was 9.1%.Logistic regression analysis showed that the information obtained from informant as a spouse and from informant who lived in urban area was correlated with positive diagnosis of dementia.Conclusion:CSID informant questionnaire is valid as a screening instrument of dementia.Information from spouse is useful to identify the change of cognitive function of the elderly.
