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Cognitive Screening with the Italian International HIV Dementia Scale in People Living with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Study in the cART Era

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Cross-sectional study assesses cognitive impairment in HIV patients using IHDS, highlighting sensitivity and specificity.

The IHDS-IT achieved a sensitivity of 71.7% in detecting cognitive impairment, showing fair diagnostic accuracy for HIV patients.
Scores from the IHDS and MoCA demonstrated a moderate positive correlation of 0.411, indicating their complementary utility in assessments.
Utilizing a cross-sectional study design, the research involved 294 patients evaluated for cognitive function at an immunology unit.
The findings call for further longitudinal studies to confirm the proposed IHDS cut-off and validate its effectiveness in varied patient populations.

Belfiori et al. (2025) studied this question.

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