Validation of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for Multicultural Screening in Danish Memory Clinics

T Rune Nielsen; Birgitte Bo Andersen; Hanne Gottrup; Jan Lützhøft; Peter Høgh; Gunhild Waldemar

doi:10.1159/000354375

Validation of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for Multicultural Screening in Danish Memory Clinics

T Rune Nielsen, Birgitte Bo Andersen, Hanne Gottrup, Jan Lützhøft, Peter Høgh, Gunhild Waldemar

Department of Neurology

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Background/Aims: The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is a brief cognitive screening test that was developed to detect dementia in multicultural populations. The RUDAS has not previously been validated in multicultural populations outside of Australia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the RUDAS in a multicultural sample of patients referred to Danish memory clinics. Methods: Data were collected from 137 consecutive patients (34 with an immigrant background) in three Danish memory clinics. All patients were given the RUDAS as a supplement to the standard diagnostic workup. Results: Diagnostic accuracy for the RUDAS [area under the curve (AUC) = 0.838] was similar to that of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE; AUC = 0.840). The cutoff score with the best balance of sensitivity, specificity and accuracy was

Original language	English
Journal	Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
Volume	36
Issue number	5-6
Pages (from-to)	354-362
Number of pages	9
ISSN	1420-8008
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1159/000354375
Publication status	Published - 10 Sept 2013

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