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Table 3 Validation of the Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) cognitive screen in 2013: Univariate logistic regression models with dichotomised cognitive screen as the dependent (outcome) variable

From: Validation of the Identification and Intervention for Dementia in Elderly Africans (IDEA) cognitive screen in Nigeria and Tanzania

 

Odds ratio (95% CI)

Nigerian outpatients

 

Major cognitive impairment present*

-

Female

2.82 (0.92 to 8.69)

No formal education

3.11 (0.67 to 14.58)

Age

 

65-69 years

1

70-74 years

1.03 (0.27 to 3.98)

75-79 years

1.88 (0.47 to 7.51)

80-84 years

0.68 (0.07 to 6.26)

85 years and over

1.88 (0.18 to 19.68)

Tanzanian outpatients

 

Major cognitive impairment present

22.93 (4.55 to 115.67)

Female

2.25 (0.58 to 8.72)

No formal education

2.80 (0.72 to 10.97)

Age

 

65-69 years

1

70-74 years

6.75 (0.61 to 75.27)

75-79 years

4.00 (0.32 to 50.23)

80-84 years

6.00 (0.46 to 78.56)

85 years and over

7.71 (0.68 to 87.25)

Tanzanian inpatients

 

Major cognitive impairment present

70.00 (17.28 to 283.59)

Female

1.00 (0.44 to 2.27)

No formal education

1.99 (0.86 to 4.64)

Age

 

65-69 years

1

70-74 years

4.57 (0.83 to 25.21)

75-79 years

4.31 (0.76 to 24.38)

80-84 years

7.00 (1.17 to 41.76)

85 years and over

14.00 (2.54 to 77.21)

  1. * An odds ratio cannot be calculated due to zero values. Only four subjects, from the 121 in the cohort, were misclassified, all identified as positive on screen, but negative on clinical assessment.