Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
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Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord · Jan 2013
Comparative StudyValidation of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for multicultural screening in Danish memory clinics.
The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is a brief cognitive screening test that was developed to detect dementia in multicultural populations. The RUDAS has not previously been validated in multicultural populations outside of Australia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the RUDAS in a multicultural sample of patients referred to Danish memory clinics. ⋯ The RUDAS showed high specificity and proved to be less affected by cultural and linguistic factors than the MMSE, making it a particularly valuable tool when screening for cognitive impairment in elderly multicultural patient populations.