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Federal grants from the National Institute on Aging have supported several studies using interactive voice response (IVR) programs to provide toll-free public assess to information about dementia, screening, and referral to local and regional resources. Initial pilot results were published in Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 2001;15:26-30. Results from an expanded program delivered for over a year were published in Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, 2005;19:143-147.

A study of IVR programs to identify impaired cognitive functioning among callers was successfully completed in 2000 and published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, 2001;161:2481-2487. Based on these results, a battery of tasks known as Telephonic Remote Evaluation of Neuropsychological Deficits (TREND) was developed to evaluate longitudinal changes in cognitive functioning over time. In collaboration with the Stanford University/VA Alzheimer’s Disease Center, a three-year study of TREND was completed in 2005 and will be published after data analyses are complete.

For more information about our dementia information and referral system, please see:

Mundt J.C., Freed, D.M., & Greist, J.H. (2000).
Lay person-based screening for early detection of Alzheimer's Disease: Development and validation of an instrument. Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences. 55B:P163-P170. Abstract

Mundt, J.C., Kaplan, D.A., & Greist, J.H. (2001).
Meeting the Need for Public Education about Dementia. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 15(1):26-30. Abstract

Mundt, J.C., Ferber, K., Rizzo, M. & Greist, J.H. (2001).
Computer-automated dementia screening using a touch-tone telephone. Archives of Internal Medicine. 161(20): 2481-2487. Abstract

Tanner, L. (2001)
Touch Tone Dementia Program Studied. AP Press Release. November 11, 2001. Article

Mundt, J.C., Ferber, K.L., & Greist, J.H. (2001). Symptoms of Dementia Screener (SDS): Treatment and Community Screening. The Gerontologist 41(Special Issue of GSA annual meeting program abstracts): 131.

Mundt JC, Moore HK, Greist JH. (2005).
A Novel Interactive Voice Response (IVR) System for Dementia Screening, Education, and Referral: One-Year Summary. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders. 19(3):143-147.

Mundt, J.C., Ferber, K., Rizzo, M. & Greist, J.H. (2001).
An interactive voice response system for dementia screening. National Institute of Mental Health, New Clinical Drug Evaluation Unit, 41st Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ.

Mundt, James C. (2001).
Computer-Automated Assessment of Dementia Severity Using a Touch-Tone Telephone. Poster presented at the 2nd Neurobiology of Aging Conference, San Diego, CA, November 8-9, 2001. (Also presented at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, Waikoloa, HI, December 2001). Poster