Telephone-administered cognitive tests as tools for the identification of eligible study participants for population-based research in aging.
ABSTRACTAs part of its recruitment process, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) will face the challenge of screening out individuals who are sufficiently impaired in their ability to provide informed consent. In the process of developing the design of the CLSA, a review of the literature was performed with the goal of identifying currently existing telephone cognitive screening tools that can be used to identify eligible study participants for population-based research on aging. We identified 12 telephone screening tools, four of which were based on the Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) and eight that were based on other face-to-face screening tools. Characteristics - including the constructs measured, the length of time for administration, the scoring/classification scheme, and any information regarding the validation of each tool - were extracted and summarized.
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Canada.
Christina
C
Wolfson
Susan A
SA
Kirkland
Parminder S
PS
Raina
Jennifer
J
Uniat
Karen
K
Roberts
Howard
H
Bergman
Linda
L
Furlini
Amélie
A
Pelletier
Geoff
G
Strople
Camille L
CL
Angus
Homa
H
Keshavarz
Karen
K
Szala-Meneok
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging; D002170:Canada; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D018579:Patient Selection