Validity of the Korean Version of Informant Questionnaire on the Cognitive Decline in the Elderly(IQCODE).
- Author:
Dong Woo LEE
1
;
Jun Young LEE
;
Seong Gon RYU
;
Seong Jin CHO
;
Chang Hyung HONG
;
Jung Ho LEE
;
Young Min CHOI
;
Bong Seog KIM
;
Eun Jin PARK
;
Sang Hoon PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neuropsychiatry, College of Medicine, Inje University Sanggye Paik Hospital, Seoul, Korea. dwlee@sanggyepaik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Alzheimer's disease;
IQCODE;
MMSE
- MeSH:
Aged;
Alzheimer Disease;
Dementia;
Diagnosis;
Humans;
Mass Screening;
Surveys and Questionnaires*;
Sensitivity and Specificity
- From:Journal of the Korean Geriatrics Society
2005;9(3):196-202
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to prove the validity of the Korean version of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly(IQCODE-K) as a screening test for Alzheimer's disease. METHOD: Informants of the elderly who visited the dementia clinic and the elderly living in community, were asked to complete IQCODE-K. Based on the final clinical diagnoses, performance of the the IQCODE-K in screening Alzheimer's disease was evaluated RESULTS: The IQCODE is showed high internal consistency and test-retesr reliability. Optimal cut-off score of IQCODE-K was 3.6, and the sensitivity and specificity at that score were 0.90 and 0.79. CONCLUSION: IQCODE-K is probably very useful to screen Alzheimer's disease. It may be also useful for the less well-educated people.
