title: The KICA Screen: the psychometric properties of a shortened version of the KICA (Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment).
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the development and psychometric properties of the KICA (Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment) Screen.
  
  
  METHODS
  A short 10-item version of the KICA, the KICA screen was developed from original data of 363 Aboriginal people. The KICA Screen was subsequently independently validated in a non-random sample of 55 people living in Northern Queensland.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the original sample the KICA Screen showed an optimal cut-point score of 21/22 (out of a score of 25), and resulted in a sensitivity of 95.6% and specificity of 88.6% with AUC of 0.95 (95% CI 0.91-0.98). This cut point was subsequently tested on 55 people living in Northern Queensland, with a sensitivity of 82.4% and specificity of 88.5% for the diagnosis of dementia, and the area under the ROC (receiver operating characteristic) curve was 0.87 (95% CI 0.77-0.97).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The KICA Screen is a valid and acceptable screening tool among Indigenous Australians living in remote and rural areas of Australia.
authors.affiliation: National Ageing Research Institute, Victoria and Melbourne Health, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
authors.forename: Dina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: LoGiudice
authors.forename: Edward
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Strivens
authors.forename: Kate
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authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Margaret
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stevenson
authors.forename: David
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authors.lastname: Atkinson
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dwyer
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Lautenschlager
authors.forename: Osvaldo A
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authors.lastname: Flicker
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000208:ethnology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000379:methods*; D011793:Queensland / Q000453:epidemiology; D012372:ROC Curve; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*