INTRODUCTION: We describe the development and feasibility of using an online consensus approach for diagnosing cognitive impairment and dementia in rural South Africa. METHODS: Cognitive assessments, clinical evaluations, and informant interviews from Cognition and Dementia in the Health and Aging in Africa Longitudinal Study (HAALSI Dementia) were reviewed by an expert panel using a web-based platform to assign a diagnosis of cognitively normal, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), or dementia. RESULTS: Six hundred thirty-five participants were assigned a final diagnostic category, with 298 requiring adjudication conference calls. Overall agreement between each rater's independent diagnosis and final diagnosis (via the portal or consensus conference) was 78.3%. A moderate level of agreement between raters’ individual ratings and the final diagnostic outcomes was observed (average κ coefficient = 0.50). DISCUSSION: Findings show initial feasibility in using an online consensus approach for the diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia in remote, rural, and low-resource settings.
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Bassil, D. T., Farrell, M. T., Weerman, A., Guo, M., Wagner, R. G., Brickman, A. M., … Berkman, L. F. (2023). Feasibility of an online consensus approach for the diagnosis of cognitive impairment and dementia in rural South Africa. Alzheimer’s and Dementia: Diagnosis, Assessment and Disease Monitoring, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1002/dad2.12420
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