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| Is the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status a valid alternative in persons who cannot be evaluated by the Mini Mental State Examination? | | Author(s) | L Ferrucci, I Del Lungo, J M Guralnik |
| Journal title | Aging: Clinical and Experimental Research, vol 10, no 4, August 1998 |
| Pages | pp 332-338 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Cross sectional surveys ; Italy. |
| Annotation | Much like the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) seeks information in areas of orientation, concentration, short-term memory, language, mathematical skills, and praxis. However, integrity of vision, capacity to read and write, ability to perform complex manual tasks, and face-to-face interaction between patient and examiner are not required. The TICS was originally proposed for telephone screening of cognitive impairment where MMSE cannot be administered in its complete form, for example with those with severe visual loss or motor deficits in the upper limbs. The present cross-sectional study was carried out with a sample of patients admitted to a geriatric outpatient clinic in Florence. The aim was to understand the relationship between the TICS and MMSE, and their equivalence in quantifying the severity of cognitive impairment and in screening for dementia. Face-to-face administration of the TICS was found to be a reliable and valid alternative. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981215218 A |
| Classmark | DA: 4C: 3KB: 76V |
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