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| Evaluating brief cognitive impairment screening instruments among African Americans | | Author(s) | Jared M Kiddoe, Keith E Whitfield, Ross Andel |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 12, no 4, July 2008 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis, July 2008 |
| Pages | pp 488-493 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Black people ; Cognitive impairment ; Screening ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS) and the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) are compared and contrasted. The empirical questions considered are whether the TICS over-represents African American (AA) cognitive impairment (CI) relative to the SPMSQ, if there are age differences in CI prevalence between younger subjects (ages 50-64) and older ones (age 65+), and on accuracy to detect CI in individuals with higher levels of education (13 or more years) versus those with lower education levels (less than 13 years). A secondary data analysis was performed on 396 AA participants from the Carolina African American Twin Study on Aging (CAATSA). The SPMSQ measured CI prevalence at 10.3% and the TICS at 45%. Within the younger group, TICS and CI prevalence was 49.3%, and 80% in the older group. Within the younger group, SPMSQ and CI prevalence was 14.5%, and 53.8% among the older group. Within the higher educated group, TICS and CI prevalence was 36.7%, and 51.4% among the lower educated. Within the higher educated group, SPMSQ and CI prevalence was 7.7%, and 14.5% among the lower educated. Findings are consistent with the authors' hypothesis that the TICS would be a less accurate assessor of CI in African Americans. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-081010209 A |
| Classmark | TKE: E4: 3V: 4C: 7T |
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