| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Agarwal 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Alexander 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Anderson 2012 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog as the index test |
| Arabi 2013 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog as the index test. Participants did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria. Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Ashley 2004 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Borson 2000 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Borson 2002 | Insufficient information. Request for additional information denied |
| Borson 2003a | Not online. Request for additional information denied |
| Borson 2003b | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Borson 2005 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Borson 2006 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Borson 2007 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Chan 2015a | Did not use reference standard for dementia |
| Chan 2015b | Did not use reference standard for dementia |
| Clionsky 2010 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Doerflinger 2007 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog as index test. Participants were not without dementia or cognitive complaints at baseline. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Evans 2014 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog as an index test. Was not a cross‐sectional study |
| Filho 2009 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Hanson 2016 | Did not use reference standard for dementia |
| Heng 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Hirsch 2012 | Was not a cross‐sectional study |
| Kallumpuram 2015 | Insufficient information available because both Mini‐Cog and FAQ results were combined |
| Kamenski 2009 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Kaufer 2008 | Unclear if Mini‐Cog was used as an index test |
| Ketelaars 2013 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Lee 2008 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Lin 2013 | Was not a cross‐sectional study |
| Lorentz 2002 | Did not use Mini‐Cog as an index test. Participants were not without dementia or cognitive complaints at baseline. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Lourenco 2005 | Did not use Mini‐Cog as an index test. Participants were not without dementia or cognitive complaints at baseline. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Luscher 2014 | Did not use Mini‐Cog as an index test. Participants were not without dementia or cognitive complaint at baseline. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria. Was not a cross‐sectional study. Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Maklad 2016 | Did not use the reference standard for dementia |
| McCarten 2011 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Milian 2012 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Milian 2013 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Mion 2014 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog as an index test. Participants were not without dementia or cognitive complaint at baseline. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria. Was not a cross‐sectional study |
| Montejo 2017 | Did not use the reference standard for dementia |
| Moyer 2014 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog as an index test. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria. Was not a cross‐sectional study. Unclear if participants were without dementia or cognitive complaint at baseline |
| Norris 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Patel 2014 | Participants were not without dementia and cognitive complaint at baseline. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria. Was not a cross‐sectional study |
| Perez‐Mojica 2014 | Unclear if the participants were without dementia and cognitive complaint at baseline. Unclear if a gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria was used. Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Petrazzuoli 2013 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog as an index test. Participants were not without dementia and cognitive complaint at baseline. Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria. Was not a cross‐sectional study. Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Pudlo 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Puustinen 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Rosales‐Lagarde 2016 | Lack of reference test for dementia |
| Rosenbloom 2014 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Setter 2009 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Sinclair 2013 | Did not receive gold standard evaluation using standardized diagnostic criteria |
| Singla 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Skibitsky 2016 | Insufficient information available to calculate sensitivity and specificity |
| Slater 2013 | Participants were not without dementia or cognitive complaint at baseline |
| Steenland 2008 | Did not use the Mini‐Cog in a primary care setting |
| Trowbridge 2014 | Setting other than primary care |
| Trowbridge 2016 | Setting other than primary care |
| Vega 2016 | Lack of reference test |
| Yang 2016 | Setting over than primary care |
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