Yuda Turana, Nicolas Farina, Imelda Theresia, Fasihah Irfani Fitri, Ika Suswanti, Roxanne Jacobs, Marguerite Schneider, Tara Puspitarini Sani, Adelina Comas-Herrera, Emiliano Albanese, Ishtar Govia, Cleusa P Ferri, Martin Knapp, Sube Banerjee
BACKGROUND: The Dementia Severity Rating Scale (DSRS) is an informant report, dementia staging tool that is quick to administer and has previous been shown to differentiate between people with dementia and healthy controls. However, it is not clear how accurate the tool is screening against diagnostic criteria in middle-income settings. METHODS: Embedded within the STRiDE programme, older adults (aged ≥65 years) and their informants were randomly recruited from four sites across Indonesia and South Africa...
December 14, 2023: Dementia