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.
Wolfson
Christina
C
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, McGill University Health Centre, Canada.
Kirkland
Susan A
SA
Raina
Parminder S
PS
Uniat
Jennifer
J
Roberts
Karen
K
Bergman
Howard
H
Furlini
Linda
L
Pelletier
Amélie
A
Strople
Geoff
G
Angus
Camille L
CL
Keshavarz
Homa
H
Szala-Meneok
Karen
K
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