Clinical judgement by primary care physicians for the diagnosis of all-cause dementia or cognitive impairment in symptomatic people

Creavin, S; Noel-Storr, A; Richard, E; Creavin, A; Cullum, Sarah; Ben-Shlomo, Y; Purdy, S

Clinical judgement by primary care physicians for the diagnosis of all-cause dementia or cognitive impairment in symptomatic people

Creavin, S ; Noel-Storr, A ; Richard, E ; Creavin, A ; Cullum, Sarah ; Ben-Shlomo, Y ; Purdy, S

Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/36668

Issue Date: 2017-02-19

Reference: Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2017(2):CD012558

Rights: Copyright: The authors

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Abstract:

This is a protocol for a Cochrane Review (Diagnostic test accuracy). The objectives are as follows: To determine the accuracy of general practitioners' overall gestalt (unaided) clinical judgement for diagnosing cognitive impairment and dementia in symptomatic people presenting to primary care. There is no comparator index test. To investigate the heterogeneity of test accuracy in the included studies.

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