Correlations between daily activities and the Korean‐Everyday cognition, and the Gottfreis‐Bråne‐Steen scale in the patient complaint with cognitive decline

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AbstractBackgroundTo get the right diagnosis of dementia, clinicians need a wealth of information from the patient and their caregivers, as well as objective examinations. Some questionnaires may provide sufficient information to be obtained by interviewing. The Everyday Cognition (ECog), and the Gottfreis‐Bråne‐Steen (GBS) scale were developed to measure functional changes in cognitive decline patients through the caregiver’s report. This study aims to evaluate the usefulness of theses scales in the dementia clinic.MethodThe Korean‐ECog (K‐ECog), and GBS scale was answered by 100 caregivers from patients with cognitive decline. Results of neuropsychological tests, and clinical information were collected. Correlation analyses were conducted between K‐ECog, GBS, Korean version of instrumental activities of daily living (K‐IADL), Clinical dementia rating‐sum of boxes (CDR‐SB), global deterioration scale, and other detailed cognitive tests.ResultThis study included 97 patients, including 54 dementia, 34 mild cognitive impairment, and 9 subjective memory impairment. The K‐ECog, and GBS had moderate correlations with K‐IADL, and CDR‐SB. The K‐ECog and GBS had strong correlation each other. And GBS score was effectively differentiated dementia patients from non‐demented patients, respectively.ConclusionThe two scales, the K‐ECog, and GBS, are well represented cognitive dysfunctions of the daily activities in the patients with cognitive decline, as with the K‐IADL, CDR‐SB. Therefore, these scales can make it easier to understand the patient’s daily cognitive state and diagnose the disease relatively quickly and with little effort.