Medical Xpress June 4, 2024
The underdiagnosis of dementia, especially among Black and Hispanic patients, is a long-standing challenge in medicine. A new study, published in Nature Medicine, finds that an easy five-minute assessment, paired with recommendations built into the electronic medical record system, led to a three-fold improvement in diagnosis and treatment for patients in a primary care setting compared to a control group.
The “5-Cog paradigm,” which was developed by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Health System, dramatically enhances the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment and dementia, and represents a new, better way to guide initial treatment.
“Dementia is often undiagnosed in primary care—and even when diagnosed, it often goes untreated,” said Joe Verghese, M.B.B.S., the paper’s senior author...
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