Informant accuracy of IQCODE, AD8 and GPCOGi for diagnosis of dementia: does your friend know best?
An informant of any relationship type, using IQCODE, AD8 or GPCOGi may be useful for ruling out dementia but not for ruling it in. We found no evidence of difference between spouse or adult descendants but friends performed significantly better overall on IQCODE and AD8.
Authors
- Sarah J. Cullum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0785-9101)
- Sarah Purdy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3445-986X)
- Sam Creavin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6772-7111)
- Yoav Ben‐Shlomo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6648-3007)
- Antony Bayer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7514-248X)
- Mark Fish
- Jasmine Chingono
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Cardiff University (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Primary Care
- Published
- 2025-04-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12875-025-02745-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.47
Funders
- Wellcome Trust
- National Institute for Health and Care Research