title: Validity and applicability of the Chinese version of community screening instrument for dementia.
abstract: The development of an educationally independent screening instrument for dementia is most valuable for epidemiological studies. The Community Screening Instrument for Dementia (CSI-D) was applied to 120 subjects, with 30 matched for age in each of the four groups of mild to moderately demented, depressed, low-education and high-education normal control subjects. The internal consistency and interrater reliability of CSI-D were satisfactory. Correlation with the ten-word-list learning task, a test sensitive to early dementia, was high. CSI-D could differentiate the demented from nondemented subjects, but not the high- from the low-education control group. Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed good test performance of CSI-D. In conclusion, the Chinese version of CSI-D is a valid, reliable and educationally independent screening instrument for dementia sensitive to detect early stage of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Tai Po Hospital, Tai Po, Hong Kong, PR China. chansft@ha.org.hk
authors.forename: Teresa S F
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Linda C W
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: Helen F K
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Prince
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002681:China / Q000453:epidemiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015337:Multicenter Studies as Topic; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results