Screening for cognitive impairment in the emergency department: agreement between older adult patient- and informant-completed Ascertain Dementia 8 tool.
Galske J, Sather A, Chera T, Hwang U, Carpenter C, Babcock M, Gettel C. Screening for cognitive impairment in the emergency department: agreement between older adult patient- and informant-completed Ascertain Dementia 8 tool. Dementia And Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2024, 1-13. PMID: 39616991, DOI: 10.1159/000542895.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAscertain Dementia 8Intraclass correlation coefficientEmergency departmentCognitive impairmentTrained research assistantsDiagnosis of dementiaClinicians providing careModerate agreementSuspected CIEmergency careOlder adultsAnalytic sampleResearch assistantsED patientsCareScreening protocolSelf-identifyEarly interventionDementiaScoresCorrelation coefficientDepartmentDyadsPatientsImpairment