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Reliability of the Modified Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development
— a cognitive assessment battery for severe dementia | | Author(s) | Stefanie R Auer, Barry Reisberg |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 8, no 2, Summer 1996 |
| Pages | pp 225-231 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Two independent inter-rater reliability studies were performed on a recently developed cognitive assessment battery for severe dementia, the Modified Ordinal Scales of Psychological Development (M-OSPD), based on the Piagetian developmental model of sensorimotor functions. Procedures have been adapted from this test battery (originally applied to infants and small children) for assessment of remaining cognitive capacity in severe dementia. In the studies conducted, two different raters simultaneously evaluated patients with severe dementia. Study 1 was performed in a nursing home setting, and Study 2 consisted of a sample of patients living in the community. The Global Deterioration Scale (GDS) and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) were used to assess dementia severity. Study 1 resulted in an intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) of .99 for the M-OSPD total score; and Study 2 had an ICC of .96 for the M-OSPD total score. The M-OSPD proved to be a reliable instrument in these studies. This cognitive assessment measure can provide meaningful information on the cognitive abilities of late-stage dementia patients, who until recently had been regarded as untestable in studies using conventional psychometric measures. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980303257 A |
| Classmark | EA: 4C |
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