Comparing the diagnostic performance of the INECO Frontal Screening in illiterate vs. literate older adults with cognitive impairment in Lima, Peru
Nilton Custodio, Marco Malaga, Rosa Montesinos, Arturo Jhonny Ruiz‐Yaringaño, Fiorella Baca, Diego Chambergo‐Michilot, Graciet Verástegui, Katherine Agüero‐Flores, Rossana Cruzdel Castillo, José Cuenca, José Carlos Huilca, Serggio Lanata, Diego Bustamante‐Paytan · 2025
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Nilton Custodio and co-authors present a 2025 study of a short brain test in older adults in Lima, Peru. The test, called the INECO Frontal Screening, checks the planning and control skills that fade early in dementia. It suits people with little schooling, a key need where many older adults can not read. The team asked whether the test works as well in illiterate as in literate patients.
The study reuses data from an earlier patient group at a Lima clinic. Strict rules split patients by schooling: under one year and no reading for one group, six or more years for the other. All patients got a full three-stage workup as the gold standard. The team then matched test scores against that standard for each group. Fair tests for low-schooling patients matter more as dementia grows in poorer countries.
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| CREATOR | Nilton Custodio, Marco Malaga, Rosa Montesinos, Arturo Jhonny Ruiz‐Yaringaño, Fiorella Baca, Diego Chambergo‐Michilot, Graciet Verástegui, Katherine Agüero‐Flores, Rossana Cruzdel Castillo, José Cuenca, José Carlos Huilca, Serggio Lanata, Diego Bustamante‐Paytan |
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| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 3 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |