Psychiatric News (1/31) reports, “Spanish-speaking adults may be less likely to receive a timely diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment compared with their English-speaking peers, suggests a study.” After analyzing data from more than 12,000 patients, investigators found that “Spanish speakers were 45% less likely to receive a timely diagnosis when compared with English speakers after adjusting for covariates.” Meanwhile, “despite being three years younger at presentation on average, only 18.6% of Spanish-speaking patients received a mild cognitive impairment diagnosis, compared with 26.0% of English-speaking patients.” The findings were published in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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— “Spanish Speakers Less Likely to Receive Timely Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Spanish Speakers Less Likely to Receive Timely Diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment, January 31, 2024