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

Table 5.

Comparison of results of USC ADRC and telephone survey-based classification in three categories. Assumption 2: AAMI (age-associated memory impairment) considered cognitive impairment.

Gold Standard Classification

AD or Mixed Dementia Cognitive Impairment Normal    All   
Classification by Telephone Assessment Dementia 5 0 0 5
Cognitive Impairment 0 3 1 4
No or Minimal Impairment 1 5 23 29
All 6 8 24 38

Telephone Assessment

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

Sensitivity for cognitive impairment 3/8 = 0.38 (95% confidence interval 0.09, 0.76)

Specificity for normal 23/24 = 0.96 (95% confidence interval 0.79, 1.00)

Kappa 0.61 (95% confidence interval 0.37, 0.85)

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