Telephone interview for cognitive status: Creating a crosswalk with the Mini-Mental State Examination.

TitleTelephone interview for cognitive status: Creating a crosswalk with the Mini-Mental State Examination.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2009
AuthorsFong, TG, Fearing, MA, Jones, RN, Shi, P, Marcantonio, ER, Rudolph, JL, Yang, FMargaret, Kiely, DK, Inouye, SK
JournalAlzheimers Dement
Volume5
Issue6
Pagination492-7
Date Published2009 Nov
ISSN Number1552-5279
Call Numbernewpubs20091013_Fong_etal.pdf
KeywordsAged, Aged, 80 and over, Alzheimer disease, Cognition Disorders, Disability Evaluation, Female, Geriatric Assessment, Health Status, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Mass Screening, Models, Statistical, Neuropsychological tests, Predictive Value of Tests, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Remote Consultation, Reproducibility of Results, Sensitivity and Specificity
Abstract

BACKGROUND: Brief cognitive screening measures are valuable tools for both research and clinical applications. The most widely used instrument, the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), is limited in that it must be administered face-to-face, cannot be used in participants with visual or motor impairments, and is protected by copyright. Screening instruments such as the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) were developed to provide a valid alternative, with comparable cut-point scores to rate global cognitive function.

METHODS: The MMSE, TICS-30, and TICS-40 scores from 746 community-dwelling elders who participated in the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS) were analyzed with equipercentile equating, a statistical process of determining comparable scores based on percentile equivalents for different forms of an examination.

RESULTS: Scores from the MMSE and TICS-30 and TICS-40 corresponded well, and clinically relevant cut-point scores were determined. For example, an MMSE score of 23 is equivalent to 17 and 20 on the TICS-30 and TICS-40, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: These findings indicate that TICS and MMSE scores can be linked directly. Clinically relevant and important MMSE cut points and the respective ADAMS TICS-30 and TICS-40 cut-point scores are included, to identify the degree of cognitive impairment among respondents with any type of cognitive disorder. These results will help in the widespread application of TICS in both research and clinical practice.

DOI10.1016/j.jalz.2009.02.007
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Endnote Keywords

Cognitive Function/Survey Methods

Endnote ID

19960

Alternate JournalAlzheimers Dement
Citation Key7320
PubMed ID19647495
PubMed Central IDPMC2783323
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