Inter-rater reliability of scales and tests used to measure mild XXXX by general practitioners and psychologists.

@entity1 @entity73 @entity303
BACKGROUND: This study was conducted to assess whether general practitioners (GPs) can be trained to use a simple battery of functional scales and neuropsychological tests to detect @entity1 likely to develop @entity303 as reliably as neuropsychologists in clinical practice. METHODS: Fifty GPs with medium-sized practices in the Bordeaux area of France were recruited by monitors and trained to use a battery of tests (Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Isaacs Set Test (IST), Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT) and Zazzo's Cancellation Test (ZCT)). Each GP was required to recruit one @entity1 . The tests were administered first by the GP,and then by a trained psychologist. RESULTS: Overall, the GPs showed interest in participating in the study. They had no difficulty in recruiting @entity1 according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and none reported any difficulty in using the scales and tests battery. In total, 35 subjects were interviewed by both a trained GP and a psychologist. The scores obtained by the GPs and psychologists did not differ statistically for two of the four tests (IST, p = 0.6; BVRT, p = 0.7), but were statistically different for the other two tests (MMSE, p = 0.04; ZCT; p < 0.002). CONCLUSIONS: The results confirm the feasibility of conducting a study for detecting @entity73 in general practice. The GPs were interested and participated well, @entity1 adherence was good, and the concordance correlation coefficients between the GPs' and psychologists' scores were satisfactory.
