title: Cultural adaptation, standardization and clinical validity of the test your memory dementia screening instrument in Greek.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To adapt and standardize the Test Your Memory (TYM) dementia screening instrument in Greek.
  
  
  METHODS
  Normative data on the Greek version of the TYM were obtained from a community sample of 239 adults aged 21-92 years. Clinical validity was assessed in a cohort of 134 Neurology Clinic patients. Concurrent validity was examined through comparisons with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Greek Everyday Function Scale.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Correlations between the TYM and the MMSE were 0.73 and 0.82 in the community and patient samples, respectively. Scores on both tests were moderately associated with everyday functional capacity. Using age- and education-corrected cutoff scores ranging from 26/50 to 45/50 points, the sensitivity of the TYM for Alzheimer's disease detection was found to be higher than that of the MMSE (0.82 vs. 0.70), although its specificity was lower (0.71 vs. 0.90).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Findings are consistent with previous reports in a variety of cultural settings supporting the potential utility of the TYM as a dementia screening tool.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Social and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
authors.forename: Eliza
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Iatraki
authors.forename: Panagiotis G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Simos
authors.forename: Christos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lionis
authors.forename: Ioannis
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Zaganas
authors.forename: Emmanouil K
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Symvoulakis
authors.forename: Emmanouil
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Papastefanakis
authors.forename: Simeon
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Panagiotakis
authors.forename: Heraklis
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Pantelidakis
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Papadopoulos
authors.forename: Chariklia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tziraki
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D054521:Cultural Competency; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006115:Greece; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000592:standards*; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000592:standards; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D055815:Young Adult