Lycke, Michelle, Ketelaars, Lore, Boterberg, Tom, Pottel, Lies, Pottel, Hans, Vergauwe, Philippe, Goethals, Laurence, Van Eygen, Koen, Werbrouck, Patrick, Debruyne, David, Derijcke, Sofie, Borms, Marleen, Ghekiere, Veronique, Wildiers, Hans and Debruyne, Philip R. (2014) Validation of the Freund Clock Drawing Test as a screening tool to detect cognitive dysfunction in elderly cancer patients undergoing comprehensive geriatric assessment. Psycho-Oncology, 23 (10). pp. 1172-1177. ISSN 1057-9249 (Print), 1099-1611 (Online) (doi:10.1002/pon.3540)

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Abstract

Objective: We aimed to validate the Freund Clock Drawing Test (CDT), with its predefined cutoff score of ≤4, as a screening tool to detect elderly cancer patients in need of a more in-depth cognitive evaluation within a comprehensive geriatric assessment (CGA).

Methods: Patients aged 70 years or older with a histologically confirmed diagnosis of cancer were evaluated with a full CGA, including CDT and Folstein Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) as gold standard. Validation of the Freund CDT was defined in terms of diagnostic accuracy of the test through receiver operating characteristics (ROC)-analysis. To accept the Freund CDT as a screening tool, we estimated that the area under the ROC curve (AUC) had to differ significantly from 0.70 with an AUC of at least 0.85.

Results: Two hundred elderly cancer patients with a mean age of 79.0 years were included. Four patients were excluded from the analyses because of invalid results. Potential cognitive impairment (MMSE ≤23) was observed in 27.0% of patients. Based on of the AUC ± SE, the Freund CDT showed excellent diagnostic performance (0.95 ± 0.17). Furthermore, it provided excellent sensitivity (94.3%) and high specificity (87.4%).

Conclusions: Our results indicate that the Freund CDT can be used as an initial screening tool to detect elderly cancer patients in need of a more in-depth cognitive assessment within CGA, instead of the MMSE.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	cancer, oncology, elderly, Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, Clock Drawing Test
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0254 Neoplasms. Tumors. Oncology (including Cancer)
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences > Institute for Lifecourse Development > Centre for Chronic Illness and Ageing
Last Modified:	19 Nov 2021 01:58
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/11414

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