Diagnosing dementia in the Arctic: translating tools and developing and validating an algorithm for assessment of impaired cognitive function in Greenland Inuit
Introduction The ageing Arctic populations raise the need for work-up of cognitive function that reflects language and cultural understandings. Objectives To translate and evaluate tools for work-up of cognitive impairment in Greenland. Methods Step A: An expert panel was established to select tools...
Saved in:
Published in | European psychiatry Vol. 65; no. S1; p. S173 |
---|---|
Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Paris
Cambridge University Press
01.06.2022
|
Subjects | |
Online Access | Get full text |
Cover
Loading…
Summary: | Introduction
The ageing Arctic populations raise the need for work-up of cognitive function that reflects language and cultural understandings.
Objectives
To translate and evaluate tools for work-up of cognitive impairment in Greenland.
Methods
Step A: An expert panel was established to select tools suitable for the work-up of cognitive impairment at three different settings in Greenland. Step B: Tools were translated in a multiple-step process of independent translations with back-translation and adaptations by two independent translators and two Greenlandic physicians. Step C: a testing and validation process of the tools at three locations: the national hospital in the capital city; regional hospital in a town; health care centre in a small town.
Results
Tools selected were Mini-Cog and RUDAS. Participants for testing of tools were 43 of 61 invited, of which six had dementia. RUDAS and Mini-Cog scores were associated (p < 0.001). The smoothed AUC was 0.87 (95%-CI, 0.65–0.95) for Mini-Cog and 0.90 (95%-CI, 0.76–0.97) for RUDAS. The sensitivity of Mini-Cog with a cut-off at ≤3 was 83.3%, and specificity was 62.2%. For RUDAS with a cut-off at ≤23, these were 100% and 75.7%, respectively.
Conclusions
Requested tools have been translated for assessing cognitive function in the native Arctic setting. Small town residents with a Mini-Cog score of 3 or lower should be referred to a regional hospital for RUDAS, and a score of 23 or less should cause referral to the national hospital for a full work-up of cognitive function.
Disclosure
No significant relationships. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 0924-9338 1778-3585 |
DOI: | 10.1192/j.eurpsy.2022.459 |