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A new portable communication test (Mini-communication test) for dementia
- Source :
- Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics. 40:274-281
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- The Japan Geriatrics Society, 2003.
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Abstract
- To evaluate verbal communication ability in the elderly, we developed a new portable "mini-communication test (MCT)" with 13 sub-scales, which was constructively validated based on 45 items from other reported scales. Clinical reliability and validity were tested in 354 inpatients in a long-term care hospital (81.9 +/- 8.3 years old) and 124 inpatients (80.39 +/- 8.1 years old) and 34 outpatients (76.5 +/- 7.0 years old) in Kyorin University Hospital. All patients were evaluated in approximately 7 minutes each. The test-retest correlation coefficient was 0.99. Inter-rater coefficient of variation was 0.107. The Cronbach alpha value of the test was 0.93. MCT positively correlated with the Barthel Index (r = 0.65, p < 0.01). Hasegawa Dementia Scale Revised version (r = 0.93, p < 0.001) and Vitality Index (r = 0.66, p < 0.01). MCT could be a new tool to assess communication ability in elderly patients with or without dementia.
- Subjects :
- Aged, 80 and over
medicine.medical_specialty
Activities of daily living
business.industry
Barthel index
Communication
Coefficient of variation
Geriatric assessment
medicine.disease
University hospital
Cronbach's alpha
Internal medicine
Activities of Daily Living
medicine
Physical therapy
Humans
Dementia
Vitality index
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Mental Status Schedule
business
Geriatric Assessment
Aged
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 03009173
- Volume :
- 40
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Nippon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi. Japanese Journal of Geriatrics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....32860f49f1847aa65444484aa58ce9ec