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The Cambridge Cognitive Examination (CAMCOG)
— validation of the Hebrew version in elderly demented patients | | Author(s) | Jeremia Heinik, Perla Werner, Anda Mendel |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 12, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 1006-1013 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Depression ; Screening ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Hebrew language ; Israel. |
| Annotation | The CAMCOG is the second most popular cognitive testing instrument in use by Israeli clinicians. This study examines the reliability and validity of a Hebrew version of the CAMCOG in a group of dementia sufferers in a clinical setting. Study participants included 36 dementia sufferers and 19 control non-demented, depressed older people, consecutive referrals to an outpatient psychogeriatric service and an "open" ward of a psychiatric hospital. Operational clinical criteria for dementia and its subtypes and for the various forms of depression were used as the "gold" standards. The CAMCOG was translated into Hebrew and then back into English. Seven items needed modification for local usage. The Hebrew version of the CAMCOG was found to to be an appropriate instrument to discriminate between demented and non-demented depressed controls in a clinical setting. In the light of the demographic, cultural and linguistic heterogeneity of Israel's population of older people, further studies should examine the psychometric characteristics of the CAMCOG in a more varied sample, and also using other cut-off points to establish whether an increase in discriminatory power is obtainable. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000203202 A |
| Classmark | EA: ENR: 3V: DA:4C: 6WY: 7H6 |
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