Collected Dataset / EPIDEMCA_Nola_P2

EPIDEMCA_Nola_P2

EPIDEMCA_Nola_P2

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Population

EPIDEMCA - Nola
Participants aged 65 years old and over, from the rural area Nola in the Central African Republic.

Data Collection Event

EPIDEMCA - Nola - P2

This second phase was conducted between 3 and 14 weeks after P1, at the closest hospital or community health centre, by neurologists and for participants who obtained a poor performance to the CSI-D.

Careful description of daily living activities particularly leisure, other social activities, Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (through the CA-DFI) in order to evaluate the dependence.

Neurological assessments were completed by additional cognitive tests: the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (oral version with image), Zazzo’s cancellation task and Isaac’s Set Test of verbal fluency.

Diagnosis of dementia was made according to the DSM-IV criteria and according to the clinical criteria proposed by the NINCDS-ADRDA (National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association) for AD. Diagnosis for other types of dementia (especially vascular dementia) was based on history of stroke and other clinical arguments. Petersen’s criteria were used for Mild Cognitive Impairment. Subjective memory complaints were recorded with the "Questionnaire de Plainte Cognitive" and the severity of dementia evaluated by the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale. Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia were investigated through the brief version of the NeuroPsychiatric Inventory (NPI).