TY - JOUR
T1 - The Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (Modified)
T2 - Relation with a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment
AU - van den Berg, Esther
AU - Ruis, Carla
AU - Biessels, Geert Jan
AU - Kappelle, L. Jaap
AU - van Zandvoort, Martine J. E.
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-m) is a widely used screening instrument for (Alzheimer's) dementia. Psychometric evaluation of the TICS-m is limited. This study examined the relation between the TICS-m and a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment in older persons (n = 243) without cognitive deficits. The TICS-m total score correlated with multiple cognitive domains (range r = .22-.49). Factor analysis of the TICS-m items yielded four interpretable factors: "verbal memory," "orientation/mental tracking," "language/reasoning," and "attention/working memory," which also showed (modest) correlations with the neuropsychological assessment (r = .02-.48). The TICS-m appears to reflect a "general cognitive ability" rather than, for example, memory functioning alone.
AB - The modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-m) is a widely used screening instrument for (Alzheimer's) dementia. Psychometric evaluation of the TICS-m is limited. This study examined the relation between the TICS-m and a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment in older persons (n = 243) without cognitive deficits. The TICS-m total score correlated with multiple cognitive domains (range r = .22-.49). Factor analysis of the TICS-m items yielded four interpretable factors: "verbal memory," "orientation/mental tracking," "language/reasoning," and "attention/working memory," which also showed (modest) correlations with the neuropsychological assessment (r = .02-.48). The TICS-m appears to reflect a "general cognitive ability" rather than, for example, memory functioning alone.
U2 - 10.1080/13803395.2012.667066
DO - 10.1080/13803395.2012.667066
M3 - Article
C2 - 22384819
SN - 1380-3395
VL - 34
SP - 598
EP - 605
JO - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
JF - Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
IS - 6
ER -