Viftrup J E, Pedersen B O
Ugeskr Laeger. 2000 Jun 5;162(23):3334-8.
Social services estimated on September 1, 1997 that 221 individuals out of a population of about 16,000 in the whole of Ringkøbing County were believed to suffer from dementia. Citizens believed to suffer from dementia were offered an assessment by a trained nurse and a general practitioner. In the following six months, 119 people were screened by the nurse with the Mini Mental State Examination, the Geriatric Depression Scale-15 and Gottfries-Brane-Steen scale for evaluating functional deficiencies in demented patients. In addition, somatic and laboratory screening was done by the GP's. Approximately 40 citizens or 33% were not found to suffer from dementia but suffered from other illnesses. One year later all the GP's answered questionnaires concerning number of cases of depression, hypothyroidism, vitamin B12 deficiency or other illnesses not earlier known to the GP. Twenty-two diseases were identified and six patients improved.
社会服务部门于1997年9月1日估计，在整个灵克宾县约16,000人的人口中，有221人被认为患有痴呆症。被认为患有痴呆症的公民会接受一名经过培训的护士和一名全科医生的评估。在接下来的六个月里，护士使用简易精神状态检查表、老年抑郁量表-15和用于评估痴呆患者功能缺陷的戈特弗里斯-布雷恩-斯滕量表对119人进行了筛查。此外，全科医生还进行了身体和实验室检查。大约40名公民（即33%）未被发现患有痴呆症，而是患有其他疾病。一年后，所有全科医生都回答了有关抑郁症、甲状腺功能减退症、维生素B12缺乏症或其他全科医生此前未知疾病病例数的问卷。共识别出22种疾病，6名患者病情有所改善。
