![]() ![]() ĭementia is a progressive neuro-cognitive disorder which leads to cognitive decline which is sufficient to interfere with social or occupational functioning in an alert person. In specific to India, it is predicted an estimate of 3.7 million people aged over 60 has dementia (2.1 million women and 1.5 million men) and such prevalence of dementia would increase steadily with age. Further, as far as the worldwide prevalence of dementia is concerned, it is forecasted to double every 20 years, increasing from 24 million in 2001 to 40 million in 2020 and 80 million in 2040. However, screening for dementia is usually left to chance and only when the patient’s cognitive issues start interfering into their caregiver lives, then they take them for diagnostic evaluation. ![]() In an era of increasing capabilities to detect and manage prevalent disorders as early in their course as possible, screening has become an accepted approach for many medical conditions such as breast cancer, cervical cancer, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol, obesity, osteoporosis etc., provided treatment can be offered. Quick Dementia screening Cognition India Elderly Introduction Conclusion: DART is a quick and valid screening test for dementia for Indian population. It was also validated against gold standard of MMSE, with sensitivity of 95.5% and specificity of 60.0% true positive predictive value of 70.2% and true negative predictive value of 93.0%. Results: DART scores discriminated between dementia cases and controls clearly. Method: Total sample consisted of 150 (88=patients and 62=control) right-handed, consenting subjects between 55-84 yrs of age with minimum elementary education were recruited in the study. Objective: Develop a quick and valid Indian screening test for geriatric population for early and timely identification of cognitive decline. Hence, following DSM-V criteria, a quick screening test was developed which can be used for both the clinical and prognostic purposes. ![]() Visit for more related articles at Journal of Alzheimers Disease & Parkinsonismīackground: There is a need to develop a quick original screening test for dementia due to paucity of short, education and culture fair tests. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. ![]() Received date: SeptemAccepted date: NovemPublished date: December 03, 2015Ĭitation: Swati B, Sreenivas V, Manjari T, Ashima N (2015) Dementia Assessment by Rapid Test (DART): An Indian Screening Tool for Dementia. Swati B 1, Sreenivas V 2, Manjari T 3 and Ashima N 1 *ġ Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaĢ Bio-Statistics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Indiaģ Neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Corresponding Author: Ashima NehraĪll India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India Tel: 011-26546437 E-mail: Dementia Assessment by Rapid Test (DART): An Indian Screening T ool ![]()
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