J Korean Med Assoc.  2011 Aug;54(8):861-875. 10.5124/jkma.2011.54.8.861.

Clinical practice guideline for dementia by Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea

• Ku BD
• Kim SG
• Lee JY
• Park KH
• Shin JH
• Kim KK
• Youn YC
• Lee YM
• Hong CH
• Seo SW
• Na DL
• Kim SY
• Cheong HK
• Kim DK
• Lee JH
• Kim SY
• Yeon BK
• Kim SY
• Han SH

• KMID: 2191143
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5124/jkma.2011.54.8.861

Abstract

The Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea (CREDOS), a nation-wide clinical dementia research group, has prepared clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for dementia tailored to the Korean population. In this article, a summary of the CREDOS CPG is presented with the Korean and English version of full report included in the appendix. The CREDOS CPG in intended not only for psychiatrists and neurologists, but also internists, family physicians, and other primary care physicians involved in the prevention and early diagnosis of dementia. While our CPG for dementia mainly covers Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VaD), it also includes mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and vascular MCI, which are currently known to be the preclinical stages of AD or VaD, respectively, with emphasis placed on early diagnosis. The CREDOS CPG aims to achieve the following goals by developing CPG for dementia: to establish evidence-based, objective and clear clinical standards for dementia; to improve the clinical decision-making process for patients with dementia; to provide scientific and systematic scales to aid in the work of dementia specialists; to suggest comprehensive and systematic healthcare services tailored to each dementia subtype. The CREDOS CPG focuses on diagnosis and evaluation of clinical practice available domestically, and provides useful concepts of dementia. Its emphasis is on etiologies and epidemiology, diagnostic criteria and evaluation, neuropsychological tests, behavioral and psychological symptoms, the activities of daily living, laboratory tests, and brain imaging.

Keyword

Dementia; Clinical practice guideline; Alzheimer disease, Mild cognitive impairment; Clinical Research Center for Dementia of South Korea

MeSH Terms

Activities of Daily Living
Alzheimer Disease
Appendix
Delivery of Health Care
Dementia
Dementia, Vascular
Early Diagnosis
Humans
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Neuroimaging
Neuropsychological Tests
Physicians, Family
Physicians, Primary Care
Psychiatry
Republic of Korea
Weights and Measures

Figure

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  Figure 1 Diagnostic flow for dementia evaluation. ADL, activities of daily living; MCI, mild cognitive impairment.

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