Author's response to reviews Title: The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's fully operationalised DSM IV dementia computerized diagnostic algorithm, compared with the 10/66 dementia algorithm and a clinician diagnosis: a population validation study. Authors:
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Martin J Prince ([email protected]) Juan Llibre de Rodriguez ([email protected]) L Noriega ([email protected]) A Lopez ([email protected]) Daisy Acosta ([email protected]) Emiliano Albanese ([email protected]) Raul Arizaga ([email protected]) John RM Copeland ([email protected]) Michael Dewey ([email protected]) Cleusa P Ferri ([email protected]) Mariella Guerra ([email protected]) Yueqin Huang ([email protected]) K S Jacob ([email protected]) E S Krishnamoorthy ([email protected]) Paul McKeigue ([email protected]) Renata Sousa ([email protected]) Robert J Stewart ([email protected]) Aquiles Salas ([email protected]) Ana Luisa Sosa ([email protected]) Richard Uwakwe ([email protected])
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The 10/66 Dementia Research Group's fully operationalised DSM-IV dementia computerized diagnostic algorithm, compared with the 10/66 dementia algorithm and a clinician diagnosis: a population validation study
BACKGROUND The criterion for dementia implicit in DSM-IV is widely used in research but not fully operationalised. The 10/66 Dementia Research Group sought to do this using assessments from their one phase dementia diagnostic research interview, and to validate the resulting algorithm in a population-based study in Cuba. METHODS The criterion was operationalised as a computerised algorithm, a...
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