Dementia in Latin America is a crucial public health problem. Identifying brief cognitive screening (BCS) tools for the primary care setting is crucial, particularly for illiterate individuals. We evaluated tool performance characteristics and validated the free and total recall sections of the Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test-Picture version (FCSRT-Picture) to discriminate between 63 patients with early Alzheimer’s disease dementia (ADD), 60 amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) and 64 cognitively healthy Peruvian individuals with illiteracy from an urban area. Clinical, functional, and cognitive assessments were performed. FCSRT-Picture performance was assessed using receiver operating characteristic curve analyses. The mean ± standard deviation scores were 7.7 ± 1.0 in ADD, 11.8 ± 1.6 in aMCI, and 29.5 ± 1.8 in controls. The FCSRT-Picture had better performance characteristics for distinguishing controls from aMCI compared with several other BCS tools, but similar characteristics between controls and early ADD. The FCSRT-Picture is a reliable BCS tool for illiteracy in Peru.

拉丁美洲的痴呆症是一个重要的公共卫生问题。为初级保健机构确定简短的认知筛查（BCS）工具至关重要，特别是对于文盲个体。我们评估了工具性能特征，并验证了自由和提示选择性提醒测试图片版本 (FCSRT-Picture) 的自由和完全回忆部分，以区分 63 名早期阿尔茨海默病痴呆 (ADD) 患者、60 名遗忘性轻度认知障碍 (aMCI) 患者）和 64 名认知健康、来自城市地区的文盲秘鲁人。进行了临床、功能和认知评估。 FCSRT-Picture 性能使用受试者操作特征曲线分析进行评估。 ADD 组的平均±标准差分数为 7.7±1.0，aMCI 组为 11.8±1.6，对照组为 29.5±1.8。与其他几种 BCS 工具相比，FCSRT-Picture 在区分控件和 aMCI 方面具有更好的性能特征，但控件和早期 ADD 之间的特征相似。 FCSRT-Picture 是消除秘鲁文盲的可靠 BCS 工具。