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The Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI) — data from a cohort of 2524 cognitively intact elderly
Author(s)	Susan M McCurry, Steven D Edland, Linda Teri
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 10, October 1999
Pages	pp 882-888
Keywords	Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Mental ageing ; United States of America.
Annotation	Some 2,500 cognitively intact older Americans aged over 65 who were members of a major US health maintenance organisation (HMO) consented to take part in a longitudinal study of the effects of age and education for the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument (CASI), a 25-item test of cognitive function. Based on maximum likelihood analyses, age and education were significant predictors of total CASI score. Increased age and lower education were associated with lower CASI score as well as an increased spread in score distribution. Gender was also significantly related to the total CASI, with women having a slightly higher distribution of scores. Like most cognitive screening instruments, performance on the CASI on non-demented people is influenced by age and education. The reference values for 5-year age categories described in the article should be useful for clinicians and research investigators when using the CASI as a measure of cognitive function. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000114219 A
Classmark	DA: 4C: D6: 7T
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