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BASIC is an instrument for dementia assessment

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: BASIC is a new case-finding instrument for cognitive impairment and dementia that has been validated in memory clinics in Denmark and other European countries, and in general practice. The diagnostic accuracy of BASIC for dementia and mild cognitive impairment is like or better than the accuracy of existing, more time-consuming cognitive tests. BASIC is significantly correlated with the degree of cognitive impairment. Education does not affect BASIC, and the effects of age and gender are too small to justify score adjustment. BASIC has similar accuracy when assessing immigrants and native Europeans.

Source: Ugeskrift for Læger

DOI: 10.61409/v12240861

Authors: Kasper Jørgensen, Thomas Rune Nielsen, Ann Nielsen, Frans Boch Waldorff, Gunhild Waldemar

Institutions: Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen

Language: English

Topic: Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research

Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

OpenAlex ID: W4411461988