[The Spanish version and pilot study of a telephone test of cognitive status for evaluation and screening in dementia assessment and follow-up].

OBJECTIVE: To adapt the telephone interview for cognitive status using the Mini Mental Status Examination as criterium validity, replicating the original development of the test.
DESIGN: A quasi-experimental study with independent groups, and a correlational study between both tests and test-retest. SITE. Granada City. PARTICIPANTS: 62 Older population in chronic attention programs of Health Center 15 of them with dementia diagnosis.
MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Significant statistical differences were found in test scores for dementia patients group, a mild criterium validity (0.65), a high feasibility (0.83) and sensibility (0.77) and a mild specificity (0.60). A significant statistical difference was found between Spanish and USA control groups scores.
CONCLUSIONS: The adaptation of the test was done and it seems an useful test in dementia studies but is necessary to replicate and more studies about the test.