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Reliability of the Blessed Telephone Information-Memory-Concentration Test
- Source :
- Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. 8:238-242
- Publication Year :
- 1995
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 1995.
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Abstract
- In-person cognitive evaluations can be costly and labor intensive in geographically widespread populations. Reliable telephone instruments that screen for cognitive status would greatly facilitate epidemiologic and other longitudinal studies. We evaluated the reliability of the Blessed Information-Memory-Concentration (IMC) test when administered by telephone. Eighty-four subjects with a wide range of cognitive abilities were administered the Blessed IMC twice over a 3-week interval. Forty-nine of the subjects were administered the test both by telephone and in-person, and 35 of the subjects were tested twice by telephone. Spearman's rank correlation was used to compare scores of the different administrations (.96; P < .001) and to examine test-retest reliability (.96; P < .001). The Blessed Telephone IMC (TIMC) test exhibits excellent reliability both when compared to in-person administration as-well as in test-retest results. The Blessed TIMC appears to be a practical instrument for population and longitudinal studies when in-person assessment is not feasible.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Psychometrics
Population
050109 social psychology
Developmental psychology
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Alzheimer Disease
medicine
Humans
Cognitive status
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
Longitudinal Studies
education
Reliability (statistics)
Aged
Rank correlation
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
education.field_of_study
medicine.diagnostic_test
05 social sciences
Reproducibility of Results
Cognition
Neuropsychological test
Middle Aged
Telephone
030227 psychiatry
Test (assessment)
Psychiatry and Mental health
Dementia, Multi-Infarct
Physical therapy
Dementia
Female
Neurology (clinical)
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Cognition Disorders
Psychology
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15525708 and 08919887
- Volume :
- 8
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....ed000c3830589f72f2d1c10c67b98797
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/089198879500800408