Cognitive performance and informant reports in the diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia in African Americans and whites
GG Potter, BL Plassman, JR Burke, MU Kabeto… - Alzheimer's & …, 2009 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia must reflect an
increasingly diverse and aging United States population. This study compared direct testing
and informant reports of cognition with clinical diagnoses of cognitive impairment and
dementia between African Americans and whites. METHODS: Participants in the Aging,
Demographics, and Memory Study completed in-person dementia evaluations, and were
assigned clinical diagnoses (by a consensus panel of dementia experts) of normal; cognitive …
increasingly diverse and aging United States population. This study compared direct testing
and informant reports of cognition with clinical diagnoses of cognitive impairment and
dementia between African Americans and whites. METHODS: Participants in the Aging,
Demographics, and Memory Study completed in-person dementia evaluations, and were
assigned clinical diagnoses (by a consensus panel of dementia experts) of normal; cognitive …