Correlational study of the Chinese version of the executive interview (C-EXIT25) to other cognitive measures in a psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese

✍ Scribed by Sau Man Sandra Chan; Fung Kum Helen Chiu; Chiu Wa Linda Lam

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2006
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 78 KB
• Volume: 21
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/gps.1521

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

Objectives

This study is designed to pilot test the feasibility and correlational properties of the adapted Chinese version of Executive Interview (C‐EXIT25) to other cognitive measures in a psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese.

Method

Eighty‐five community dwelling elders from different levels of residential care facilities were assessed with C‐EXIT25, Cantonese version of Mini‐Mental State Examination (C‐MMSE), Chinese version of Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (CDRS) and Nelson's Modified Card Sorting Test (MCST).

Results

The C‐EXIT25 has high internal consistency (Cronbach's α = 0.7995) and inter‐rater reliability (r = 0.91). The C‐EXIT25 has superior correlational property to performance indices of MCST than the C‐MMSE and CDRS, after adjusting for age, gender and educational level. It also discriminates among subjects at different stages on Clinical Dementia Rating.

Conclusions

The C‐EXIT25 is a potentially feasible and valid bedside tool for assessment of executive cognitive functions in the psychogeriatric population in Hong Kong Chinese. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.