Correlational study of the Chinese version of the executive interview (C-EXIT25) to other cognitive measures in a psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese.
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.
Chan
Sau Man Sandra
SM
Department of Psychiatry, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. schan@cuhk.edu.hk
Chiu
Fung Kum Helen
FK
Lam
Chiu Wa Linda
CW
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