International psychogeriatrics
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The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS): a multicultural cognitive assessment scale.
To develop and validate a simple method for detecting dementia that is valid across cultures, portable and easily administered by primary health care clinicians. ⋯ The 6-item RUDAS is portable and tests multiple cognitive domains. It is easily interpreted to other languages, and appears to be culturally fair. However, further validation is needed in other settings, and in longitudinal studies to determine its sensitivity to change in cognitive function over time.