title: Reliability of the Brazilian version of the Cambridge Cognitive Examination Revised CAMCOG-R.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Service of Geriatrics, Public outpatient clinic Piquet Carneiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil. emylucy@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Emylucy Martins Paiva
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Paradela
authors.forename: Claudia de Souza
authors.initials: Cde S
authors.lastname: Lopes
authors.forename: Roberto Alves
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lourenço
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001938:Brazil; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014177:Translations