Browsing by Author "Bhigjee, Ahmed"
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Mild cognitive impairment and dementia in a heterogeneous elderly population: prevalence and risk profile
Ramlall, Suvira; Chipps, Jennifer; Pillay, Basil; Bhigjee, Ahmed (OMICS Publishing Group, 2013)OBJECTIVE: To describe the demographic, clinical and risk profile of Mild Cognitive Impairment and dementia in a sample of elderly South Africans within a residential setting. METHOD: One hundred and forty participants ... -
Screening a heterogeneous elderly South African population for cognitive impairment: the utility and performance of the Mini-Mental State Examination, Six Item Screener, Subjective Memory Rating Scale and Deterioration Cognitive Observee
Ramlall, Suvira; Chipps, Jennifer; Pillay, Basil; Bhigjee, Ahmed (OMICS Publishing Group, 2013)OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to report on the prevalence of cognitive impairment, and to assess the performance and utility of subjective, objective and informant screening tools in a heterogeneous community ... -
Sensitivity and specificity of neuropsychological tests for dementia and mild cognitive impairment in a sample of residential elderly in South Africa
Chipps, Jennifer; Ramlall, Suvira; Pillay, Basil; Bhigjee, Ahmed (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2014)BACKGROUND. Neuropsychological tests can successfully distinguish between healthy elderly persons and those with clinically significant cognitive impairment. Objectives. A battery of neuropsychological tests was evaluated ... -
The sensitivity and specificity of subjective memory complaints and the subjective memory rating scale, deterioration cognitive observee, mini-mental state examination, six-item screener and clock drawing test in Dementia Screening.
Ramlall, Suvira; Chipps, Jennifer; Bhigjee, Ahmed; Pillay, Basil (Karger, 2013)Background: The effectiveness of dementia screening depends on the availability of suitable screening tools with good sensitivity and specificity to confidently distinguish normal age-related cognitive decline from dementia. ...