Price, Catherine C., Cunningham, Holly, Coronado, Nicole, Freedland, Alana, Cosentino, Stephanie, Penney, Dana L., Penisi, Alfio, Bowers, Dawn, Okun, Michael S., Libon, David J.

Background: Clock drawing is part of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test but may have administration and scoring limitations. We assessed (1) the reliability of the MoCA clock criteria relative to a published error scoring approach, (2) whether command-only administration could distinguish dementia from cognitively intact individuals and (3) the value of adding a clock […]

NIELSEN, T. R., VOGEL, A., GADE, A., WALDEMAR, G.

Methods for culturally and linguistically appropriate cognitive testing of elderly minority populations are lacking in Europe. The aim of this study was to compare performance on the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) in Turkish immigrants in Denmark and determine the impact of demographic and health-related variables on […]

Mitsis, Effie M., Jacobs, Diane, Luo, Xiaodong, Andrews, Howard, Andrews, Karen, Sano, Mary

Objective: Longitudinal neuropsychological assessment provides the opportunity to observe the earliest transition to cognitive impairment in healthy, elderly individuals. We examined the feasibility, and its comparability to in-person assessment, of a telephone administered battery of established neuropsychological measures of cognitive functioning in healthy, elderly women.; Methods: Fifty-four women (age = 79 +/- 7.7; education = […]

Matrisch, M., Trampisch, U., Klaaßen-Mielke, R., Pientka, L., Trampisch, H.J., Thiem, U.

Background: To assess cognitive impairment or dementia in epidemiologic studies using telephone interviews for data acquisition, valid, reliable and short instruments suitable for telephone administration are required. For the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) in its modified German version, the only instrument used in Germany so far, more data on reliability and practicability are […]

LoGiudice, Dina, Strivens, Edward, Smith, Kate, Stevenson, Margaret, Atkinson, David, Dwyer, Anna, Lautenschlager, Nicola, Almeida, Osvaldo A, Flicker, Leon

Aim: To describe the development and psychometric properties of the KICA (Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment) Screen.; Methods: A short 10-item version of the KICA, the KICA screen was developed from original data of 363 Aboriginal people. The KICA Screen was subsequently independently validated in a non-random sample of 55 people living in Northern Queensland.; Results: […]

Inoue, M., Jinbo, D., Nakamura, Y., Taniguchi, M., Urakami, K.

Aim: To evaluate the capability of a computerized test battery for Alzheimer’s disease screening which has been newly developed to provide a standardized and efficient method for widespread use in routine clinical and community-based settings.; Methods: Participants were 72 individuals diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and 102 healthy elderly individuals. Both groups were tested by the […]

Gibbons, Laura E., McCurry, Susan, Rhoads, Kristoffer, Masaki, Kamal, White, Lon, Borenstein, Amy R., Larson, Eric B., Crane, Paul K.

Background: The Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) was designed for use in cross-cultural studies of Japanese and Japanese-American elderly in Japan and the U.S.A. The measurement equivalence in Japanese and English had not been confirmed in prior studies.; Methods: We analyzed the 40 CASI items for differential item functioning (DIF) related to test language, as […]

Allgaier, Antje-Kathrin, Kramer, Dietmar, Mergl, Roland, Fejtkova, Sabina, Hegerl, Ulrich

Objective: To assess and compare the validity of the German 15-item version and shortened versions of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) for early detection of depression in nursing home residents with mild to moderate cognitive impairment (MMSE ≥ 15).; Methods: Data from 92 patients were analysed. The Structural Clinical Interview for DSM-IV (SCID) was used as […]