Reliability of the Brazilian version of the Cambridge Cognitive Examination Revised CAMCOG-R

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Emylucy Martins Paiva Paradela²  Claudia De Souza Lopes¹  Roberto Alves Lourenço² 

[1] ,Public outpatient clinic Piquet Carneiro Service of Geriatrics Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: cognition;    reliability;    reproducibility of results;    aged;    dementia;    cognição;    confiabilidade;    reprodutibilidade dos testes;    idoso;    demência;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2009000300013

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The study' goal was to evaluate the reliability of the Cambridge Cognitive Examination Revised-Brazilian version (Br-CAMCOG-R), a neuropsychological battery measuring the global cognitive function. It was applied on 123 elders and retested at a mean interval of 30.7 days; 60 were evaluated by two raters at the same time. The intraclass coefficient for the set of items and for the subscales varied from 0.93 to 0.98. In the retests the agreement was nearly perfect for the set of items. There was no expressive range in the stability of the instrument for sex, age, schooling, or for the presence of dementia. The Cronbach' alpha of the set of items of the test was high (0.89). The Br-CAMCOG-R has obtained a high level of stability with time, agreement among raters, and optimum internal consistency; it can be useful for epidemiological studies and in specialized clinics to evaluate cognitive functions in elders.

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