title: Correlational study of the Chinese version of the executive interview (C-EXIT25) to other cognitive measures in a psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study is designed to pilot test the feasibility and correlational properties of the adapted Chinese version of Executive Interview (C-EXIT25) to other cognitive measures in a psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese.
  
  
  METHODS
  Eighty-five community dwelling elders from different levels of residential care facilities were assessed with C-EXIT25, Cantonese version of Mini-Mental State Examination (C-MMSE), Chinese version of Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (CDRS) and Nelson's Modified Card Sorting Test (MCST).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The C-EXIT25 has high internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.7995) and inter-rater reliability (r = 0.91). The C-EXIT25 has superior correlational property to performance indices of MCST than the C-MMSE and CDRS, after adjusting for age, gender and educational level. It also discriminates among subjects at different stages on Clinical Dementia Rating.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The C-EXIT25 is a potentially feasible and valid bedside tool for assessment of executive cognitive functions in the psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. schan@cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Sau Man Sandra
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Fung Kum Helen
authors.initials: FK
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: Chiu Wa Linda
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lam
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000208:ethnology; D004522:Educational Status; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D006723:Hong Kong; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D015588:Observer Variation; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales