TY - JOUR T1 - The Mini Cog had high sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing dementia in community dwelling older adults JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 159 LP - 159 DO - 10.1136/ebm.6.5.159 VL - 6 IS - 5 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/09/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/6/5/159.abstract N2 - (2001) Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 16, 216; Scanlan J, Borson S.. The mini-cog: receiver operating characteristics with expert and näive raters.. Feb;. :. –22.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
 
 QUESTION: How accurate is the Mini Cog as a diagnostic screening test for dementia in a community dwelling elderly population compared with classification with the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD), Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edition (DSM-IV), and the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Associations (NINCDS-ADRDA) (the diagnostic standards) and with 2 other diagnostic screening tests, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI)? {Blinded comparison}* of the Mini Cog with the CERAD, DSM-IV, and NINCDS-ADRDA and the MMSE and CASI. Community based study in Seattle, Washington, USA. 249 community dwelling older adults (69% women) who reflected the 5 major ethnic groups in the US. Participants with uncertain or very mild cognitive impairment (Clinical Dementia Rating of 0.5) were excluded. The Mini Cog combines the … ER -