Research Article
Validation of AD8-Philippines (AD8-P): A Brief Informant-Based Questionnaire for Dementia Screening in the Philippines
Table 1
Characteristics of study participants.
| | Normal cognition () | Dementia () | value |
| Older persons’ characteristics | | | | Gender, (%) | | | | Male | 70 (32.9) | 40 (26.1) | 0.17 | Female | 143 (67.1) | 113 (73.9) | Age; M (SD) | 70.9 (5.2) | 76.9 (7.7) | <0.001 | Age groups; (%) | | | | 60-69 years old | 100 (47.2) | 31 (20.3) | <0.001 | 70-79 years old | 96 (45.3) | 65 (40.4) | ≥80 years old | 16 (7.5) | 57 (37.3) | Education; (SD) | 10.8 (3.4) | 6.9 (4.0) | <0.001 | Level of education; (%) | | | | No formal education (0 year) | 1 (0.5) | 11 (7.2) | <0.001 | Primary education (1-6 years) | 35 (16.4) | 85 (55.6) | Secondary education (7-10 years) | 73 (34.3) | 30 (19.6) | Tertiary education (≥11 years) | 104 (48.8) | 27 (17.6) | Informants’ characteristics | | | | Relationship to the older person, (%) | | | | Spouse | 101 (47.4) | 43 (28.1) | <0.005 | Child | 75 (35.2) | 84 (54.9) | Grandchild | 10 (4.7) | 12 (7.8) | Others | 27 (12.7) | 14 (9.2) | Gender, (%) | | | | Male | 84 (39.4) | 50 (32.7) | 0.23 | Female | 129 (60.6) | 103 (67.3) | Age; (SD) | 55.6 (17.0) | 51.7 (16.3) | 0.05 | Age groups; (%) | | | | 18-24 years old (young adult) | 11 (5.2) | 7 (4.6) | 0.02 | 25-64 years old (midadult) | 111 (52.1) | 104 (68.0) | ≥65 years old (older adult) | 91 (42.7) | 42 (27.4) | Education; (SD) | 11.3 (3.2) | 10.1 (3.6) | 0.01 | Level of education; (%) | | | | No formal education (0 year) | 0 (0.0) | 3 (2.0) | 0.01 | Primary education (1-6 years) | 34 (16.0) | 31 (20.3) | Secondary education (7-10 years) | 55 (25.8) | 60 (39.2) | Tertiary education (≥11 years) | 124 (58.2) | 59 (38.6) | Clinical assessments; (SD) | | | | CDR-SB | 0.0 (0.0) | 4 (3.6) | <0.001 | MMSE-P | 27.9 (1.6) | 19.5 (7.4) | <0.001 | MoCA-P | 24.4 (2.4) | 11.9 (6.3) | <0.001 | Lawton’s IADL | 8.7 (1.7) | 16.7 (7.6) | <0.001 |
|
|
AD8-P: Filipino version of AD8; CDR–SB: Clinical Dementia Rating Scale–Sum of Boxes; MMSE–P: Filipino-validated Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE-P); MoCA–P: Filipino-validated Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Lawton’s IADL: Lawton’s Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; : mean; SD: standard deviation; : frequency. |