title: The Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (Modified): relation with a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment.
abstract: The modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-m) is a widely used screening instrument for (Alzheimer's) dementia. Psychometric evaluation of the TICS-m is limited. This study examined the relation between the TICS-m and a comprehensive neuropsychological assessment in older persons (n = 243) without cognitive deficits. The TICS-m total score correlated with multiple cognitive domains (range r = .22-.49). Factor analysis of the TICS-m items yielded four interpretable factors: "verbal memory," "orientation/mental tracking," "language/reasoning," and "attention/working memory," which also showed (modest) correlations with the neuropsychological assessment (r = .02-.48). The TICS-m appears to reflect a "general cognitive ability" rather than, for example, memory functioning alone.
authors.affiliation: Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Instituut, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. e.vandenberg1@uu.nl
authors.forename: Esther
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.forename: Carla
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ruis
authors.forename: Geert Jan
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Biessels
authors.forename: L Jaap
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Kappelle
authors.forename: Martine J E
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: van Zandvoort
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001288:Attention; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D009949:Orientation; D011594:Psychometrics