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. 2005 Apr 13;5:8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2377-5-8

Table 4.

Comparison of results of USC ADRC and telephone survey-based classification in three categories. Assumption 1: AAMI (age-associated memory impairment) considered normal.

Gold Standard Classification

AD or Mixed Dementia Cognitive Impairment Normal    All   
Classification by Telephone Assessment Dementia 5 0 0 5
Cognitive Impairment 0 2 2 4
No or Minimal Impairment 1 2 26 29
All 6 4 28 38

Telephone Assessment

Sensitivity for dementia 5/6 = 0.83 (95% confidence interval 0.35, 0.99)

Sensitivity for cognitive impairment 2/4 = 0.50 (95% confidence interval 0.07, 0.93)

Specificity for normal 26/28 = 0.93 (95% confidence interval 0.77, 0.99)

Kappa 0.67 (95% confidence interval 0.45, 0.89)

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