Brief Cognitive Screening Battery

1994 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ricardo Nitrini ◽  
Beatriz Helena Lefèvre ◽  
Sandra Cristina Mathias ◽  
Paulo Caramelli ◽  
Paulo Eduardo M. Carrilho ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Screening Battery

Impact of age and schooling on performance on the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery: A study of elderly residents in the City of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-328 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verônica C. Araujo ◽  
Christina M. B. Lima ◽  
Eduarda N. B. Barbosa ◽  
Flávia P. Furtado ◽  
Helenice Charchat-Fichman
Keyword(s):  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Screening Battery ◽  
The City

scholarly journals The influence of schooling on cognitive screening test in the elderly

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Christofoletti ◽  
Merlyn Mércia Oliani ◽  
Florindo Stella ◽  
Sebastião Gobbi ◽  
Lílian Teresa Bucken Gobbi
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Screening Test ◽  
Neuropsychological Tests ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Cognitive Status ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Screening Battery ◽  
Cognitive Screening Test

Abstract Introduction: Tests for screening cognitive functions are gaining importance with the increasing incidence and prevalence of demential syndromes. For our elderly population, the challenge is to develop neuropsychological tests independent from the influence of educational level. Objective: To compare the influence of education on the elderly with or without cognitive decline, on the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB). Methods: We studied 176 elderly people: 60 with cognitive decline (aged 73.6±9.3 years and with 5.7±0.7 years of education) and 116 without cognitive impairments (aged 73.4±0.6 years and with 5.6±0.5 years of education). The BCSB was applied in all subjects. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics and analyzed by Independent Student test with 95% confidence intervals. Results: The data showed that the BCSB is an appropriate battery for identifying cognitive status in normal elderly individuals, as well as cognitive decline in our elderly sample. The BCSB items were not significantly influenced by schooling years, making this test favorable for different groups characterized by illiterate individuals, as well as by those with low or high levels of formal education. Conclusion: The BCSB proved to be a useful cognitive screening test for old people with or without cognitive decline independent of their educational level.

scholarly journals Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-225
Author(s):  
Bruno Kusznir Vitturi ◽  
Enrico Stefano Suriano ◽  
Ana Beatriz Pereira de Sousa ◽  
Dawton Yukito Torigoe
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Ankylosing Spondylitis ◽  
Cognitive Decline ◽  
Cognitive Assessment ◽  
Neuropsychiatric Symptoms ◽  
Functional Limitations ◽  
Healthy Controls ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Clinical Predictors ◽  
Screening Battery

ABSTRACT:Background:Little is known about the potential systemic effects of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) on the nervous system. We designed a study aiming to assess the frequency and clinical predictors of cognitive impairment in AS patients.Methods:We carried out a cross-sectional case–control study composed of consecutive patients with AS. Trained and blinded interviewers registered clinical-epidemiological data and applied a standardized neurological assessment for each subject of the study. At baseline, functional limitations were characterized using the Health Assessment Questionnaire. Cognitive impairment was evaluated with the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and the Clinical Dementia Rating, while neuropsychiatric symptoms were investigated with the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale. Healthy controls were matched for age, educational attainment, sex, and comorbidities. We compared the neurological outcomes between case and controls, and we determined the clinical predictors of cognitive decline.Results:We included 40 patients (mean: 49.3 years) with AS and 40 healthy controls (mean: 48.8 years) in our study. In Brief Cognitive Screening Battery, patients with AS presented a statistically significant poor performance in the clock drawing test and in the verbal fluency. The mean Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores were significantly lower in AS subjects compared to the control group. Also, the prevalence of subjects classified as cognitively impaired according to MoCA was significantly higher in the AS group (90.0% vs. 57.5%, p = 0.02). Moreover, neuropsychiatric symptoms were more prevalent in AS patients. Worse functional limitations were associated with poor cognitive performance as well.Conclusions:Patients with AS might be more vulnerable to cognitive decline.

A Brief Cognitive Screening Battery for Dementia in the Community

1999 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven H. Belle ◽  
Aaron B. Mendelsohn ◽  
Eric C. Seaberg ◽  
Graham Ratcliff
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Screening Battery

P1-090 Delayed recall test of the brief cognitive screening battery (BCSB) in the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

2004 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. S120-S121
Author(s):  
Ricardo Nitrini ◽  
Paulo Caramelli ◽  
Helenice Charchat-Fichman ◽  
Claudia S. Porto ◽  
Leonel T. Takada ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Recall Test ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Delayed Recall ◽  
Screening Battery

scholarly journals Relationships between episodic memory performance prediction and sociodemographic variables among healthy older adults

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
Glaucia Martins de Oliveira ◽  
Meire Cachioni ◽  
Deusivania Falcão ◽  
Samila Batistoni ◽  
Andrea Lopes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Prediction ◽  
Educational Level ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Immediate Memory ◽  
Screening Battery ◽  
Objective Performance ◽  
Memory Prediction

Previous studies have suggested that performance prediction, an aspect of metamemory, may be associated with objective performance on memory tasks. OBJECTIVE: The objective of the study was to describe memory prediction before performing an episodic memory task, in community-dwelling older adults, stratified by sex, age group and educational level. Additionally, the association between predicted and objective performance on a memory task was investigated. METHODS: The study was based on data from 359 participants in the FIBRA study carried out at Ermelino Matarazzo, São Paulo. Memory prediction was assessed by posing the question: "If someone showed you a sheet with drawings of 10 pictures to observe for 30 seconds, how many pictures do you think you could remember without seeing the sheet?". Memory performance was assessed by the memorization of 10 black and white pictures from the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB). RESULTS: No differences were found between men and women, nor for age group and educational level, in memory performance prediction before carrying out the memory task. There was a modest association (rho=0.11, p=0.041) between memory prediction and performance in immediate memory. On multivariate linear regression analyses, memory performance prediction was moderately significantly associated with immediate memory (p=0.061). CONCLUSION: In this study, sociodemographic variables did not influence memory prediction, which was only modestly associated with immediate memory on the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB).

scholarly journals ACCURACY OF FIGURE MEMORY TEST OF THE BRIEF COGNITIVE SCREENING BATTERY TO PREDICT AMYLOID STATUS IN OLDER ADULTS WITH SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adalberto Studart-Neto ◽  
Artur Coutinho ◽  
Camila Carneiro ◽  
Natália Moraes ◽  
Mateus Aranha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Area Under The Curve ◽  
Memory Test ◽  
Subjective Cognitive Decline ◽  
Amyloid Pet ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Delayed Recall ◽  
Complex Figure ◽  
Screening Battery ◽  
Significant Area

Background: Some older adults with subjective decline (SCD) had a positive amyloid biomarker indicating a preclinical stage of Alzheimer’s disease. Objectives: To assess the accuracy of Delayed Recall of Figure Memory Test (DR-FMT) of Brief Cognitive Screening Battery to predict amyloid status in SCD older adults. Objective: To assess the accuracy of Delayed Recall of Figure Memory Test (DR-FMT) of Brief Cognitive Screening Battery to predict amyloid status in SCD older adults. Methods: The sample consisted of 45 older adults classified as SCD and 25 as controls without complaints (mean age of 76.4 and 73.5, respectively, p= 0.138). They were evaluated with BCSB and a standard neuropsychological battery (which includes MMSE, MoCA, RAVLT, Logical Memory and DR of Rey Complex Figure). Subjects underwent PIB-PET to assess their amyloid status and images were classified based on visual and semi-quantitative analyses with 3DSSP methodology. Results: Twelve SCD older adults (27.3%) had positive PIB-PET against six in the controls (23.1%). In SCD group, DR-FMT was the only memory test that correlated with SUV in amyloid PET (r = -0.514, p < 0.001). Only DR-FMT showed significant area under the curve (AUC) in the ROC curve in SCD older adults (AUC = 0.771, 95% CI 0.621 - 0.921). Among SCD older adults, DR-FMT < 8.0 had a sensitivity of 83.3%, a specificity of 68.7% and an accuracy of 72.7%. Conclusion: FMT proved to have a good sensitivity and accuracy to predict amyloid status in SCD older adults.

Avatar Administered Neuropsychological Testing (AVANT): Stroop Interference Task

2017 ◽  
Vol 61 (1) ◽  
pp. 2047-2051
Author(s):  
Thomas D. Parsons ◽  
Nicole Russo ◽  
Paul Schermerhorn
Keyword(s):  
Stroop Task ◽  
Neuropsychological Testing ◽  
Ethnically Diverse ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Or Education ◽  
Attentional Processing ◽  
Novel Approach ◽  
Screening Battery ◽  
Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics ◽  
Assessment Metrics

The current project is a preliminary attempt to compare an avatar administered virtual reality Stroop task (VRST) to standard (human) administration of the Stroop task. The avatar administered Stroop is part of a larger battery of tests aimed at proffering a cognitive screening battery that can be used in teleneuropsychology. The three versions of the Stroop task were administered to a sample of 66 healthy university students (64% female), between the ages of 19 and 27 years, which included equivalent distributions of men and women from ethnically-diverse populations. No significant differences were found for age, gender, or education. Results indicated that the typical Stroop effect pattern found in the human administered Delis– Kaplan Executive Function System and Automated Neuropsychological Assessment Metrics occurs in the avatar administered Stroop. We conclude that while the avatar administered Stroop has the potential to offer a novel approach to assessment of supervisory attentional processing, there are human factors issues that need to be addressed.

scholarly journals The interpretation of proverbs by elderly with high, medium and low educational level: Abstract reasoning as an aspect of executive functions

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thalita Bianchi de Oliveira Wachholz ◽  
Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Keyword(s):  
Executive Functions ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Geriatric Depression Scale ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Abstract Reasoning ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Screening Battery ◽  
State Examination ◽  
Previous Occupation

Abstract It is now known that cognitive functions tend to decline with age. Executive functions (EF) are among the first abilities to decline with aging. A subcomponent of the EF is abstract reasoning. The Test of Proverbs is an instrument that can be used to evaluate the capacity of abstract reasoning. Objective: To examine the association of performance in interpretation of proverbs, with education and with episodic memory and EF tasks. Methods: A total of 67 individuals aged between 60 and 75 years were evaluated, and divided into three categories of education: 1-4 years, 5-8 years, and 9 or more years of schooling. The instruments used were a sociodemographic questionnaire (gender, age, marital status, education, income, previous occupation, current occupation and health perception), the Mini Mental State Examination, Brief Cognitive Screening Battery; Geriatric Depression Scale; Forward and Backward Digit Span (WAIS-III), and the Test of Proverbs. Results: A high impact of education was seen on the interpretation of proverbs, with lower performance among the elderly with less education. A significant association between performance on the Test of Proverbs and scores on the MMSE, GDS, and verbal fluency tests was found. There was a modest association with incidental memory. Conclusions: The capacity to interpret proverbs is strongly associated with education and with performance on other EF tasks.

COST: Cognitive State Test, a brief screening battery for Alzheimer disease in illiterate and literate patients

2012 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 403-412 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gulsen Babacan-Yildiz ◽  
Ahmet T. Isik ◽  
Emel Ur ◽  
Emine Aydemir ◽  
Can Ertas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depression Scale ◽  
Cognitive State ◽  
Cognitive Screening ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Clinical Dementia Rating ◽  
Alzheimer Dementia ◽  
Screening Battery ◽  
State Test ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Brief Screening

ABSTRACTBackground: The aim was to develop a brief screening battery, Cognitive State Test (COST), for detecting the presence of dementia in both illiterate and literate patients and to assess its validity and reliability.Methods: COST is a cognitive screening tool that consists of almost all cognitive domains. It takes 5–7 minutes to administer, and has a maximum score of 30. Data were obtained from 114 healthy volunteers and 74 Alzheimer dementia (AD) patients. Subjects’ age divided into two groups: A1: <65 years; and A2: ≥65 years and their education level divided into three groups: E1: illiterate; E2: 1–5 years; and E3: ≥6 years. For assessing concurrent validity, total COST score was compared to the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), and Basic Activities of Daily Living (BADL). Sensitivity and specificity were determined through a discriminant analysis using the Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves. Internal consistency was measured using Cronbach's coefficient α.Results: For normal and AD subjects, mean age was 64.9±9.8 years (50 women and 64 men) and 67.2±13.2 years (55 women and 19 men), respectively. Schooling ranged from 0–15 years (mean 5.7±4.2 and 3.3±3.8 years, respectively), and 21 and 37 subjects were illiterate, respectively. The COST significantly and positively correlated with MMSE and MoCA, and significantly and inversely correlated with CDR, the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), and BADL. In the E1, E2, and E3 education groups, the optimal cut-off points of COST chosen for diagnosis of AD were 23/24 (sensitivity: 81%, specificity: 99%), 24/25 (sensitivity: 75%, specificity: 86%), and 26/27 (sensitivity: 77%, specificity: 84%), respectively. When illiterate and literate subjects were then pooled, the optimal cut-off score of COST was 24/25, which yielded a sensitivity of 81% and a specificity of 87%. Reliability of the COST was good (0.86).Conclusion: The COST is a valid and reliable screening battery for detection of dementia both in the illiterate and the literate Alzheimer patients.

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