A Review of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale
Dementia
Komalasari, R., Chang, H. C. R., et al. (2019).
Dementia, 18(7-8), 3143-3158.
This systematic review examines the diagnostic accuracy and application of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) in the assessment of dementia in culturally and linguistically diverse adult populations living outside of Australia. Although speech-language pathologists do not diagnose dementia, the authors indicated that the RUDAS is widely used by all healthcare professionals to assess various cognitive domains.
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2004-2017
All study designs
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The findings revealed that the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale has strong psychometric properties across various culturally and linguistically diverse populations. Sensitivity and specificity were 80.9 (SD ±0.13; SD ±6.24; 95%CI) and 76.1 (SD ±12.2; 95%CI), respectively.
