Cognitive function and disability in late life: An ecological validation of the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests among community-dwelling older adults in South India

TY - JOUR

T1 - Cognitive function and disability in late life

T2 - An ecological validation of the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests among community-dwelling older adults in South India

AU - Krishna, Murali

AU - Beulah, Eunice

AU - Jones, Steven

AU - Sundarachari, Rajesh

AU - A, Saroja

AU - Kumaran, Kalyanaraman

AU - Karat, S. C.

AU - Copeland, J. R M

AU - Prince, Martin

AU - Fall, Caroline

PY - 2015

Y1 - 2015

N2 - Background: The 10/66 Dementia Research Group developed and validated a culture and education fair battery of cognitive tests for diagnosis of dementia in population-based studies in low-income and middle-income countries including India. Aims: This study examined the association between individual domains of the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests and 'disability' and 'functional impairment' in community-dwelling older adults in South India. Methods: One hundred twenty-nine adults aged 60-90years residing in Karunapura, in the city of Mysore, were interviewed in their own homes. Cognitive functioning was measured by administering the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests that composes of Community Screening Instrument for Dementia (CSI'D' COGSCORE), verbal fluency (VF) and word list memory recall (WLMR). A reliable informant was interviewed to ascertain if the subject's cognitive problems have resulted in functional impairment. Disability was measured by WHO Disability Schedule-II (DAS). Results: The women had significantly lower CSI'D' COGSCORE score when compared with men (p=0.002). The presence of 'functional impairment' resulting from cognitive decline was significantly associated with lower scores on VF (p=0.03), WLMR (p=0.03) and CSI'D' COGSCOREs (p

AB - Background: The 10/66 Dementia Research Group developed and validated a culture and education fair battery of cognitive tests for diagnosis of dementia in population-based studies in low-income and middle-income countries including India. Aims: This study examined the association between individual domains of the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests and 'disability' and 'functional impairment' in community-dwelling older adults in South India. Methods: One hundred twenty-nine adults aged 60-90years residing in Karunapura, in the city of Mysore, were interviewed in their own homes. Cognitive functioning was measured by administering the 10/66 battery of cognitive tests that composes of Community Screening Instrument for Dementia (CSI'D' COGSCORE), verbal fluency (VF) and word list memory recall (WLMR). A reliable informant was interviewed to ascertain if the subject's cognitive problems have resulted in functional impairment. Disability was measured by WHO Disability Schedule-II (DAS). Results: The women had significantly lower CSI'D' COGSCORE score when compared with men (p=0.002). The presence of 'functional impairment' resulting from cognitive decline was significantly associated with lower scores on VF (p=0.03), WLMR (p=0.03) and CSI'D' COGSCOREs (p

KW - 10/66 Dementia Research

KW - Cognitive function

KW - Disability

KW - Late life

KW - Validation

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84952055477&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1002/gps.4404

DO - 10.1002/gps.4404

M3 - Article

SN - 0885-6230

JO - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

JF - International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

ER -