Validation study of the Chinese version of the neuropsychiatric inventory (CNPI)

✍ Scribed by Vivian P. Y. Leung; Linda C. W. Lam; Helen F. K. Chiu; Jeffrey L. Cummings; Q. L. Chen

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 57 KB
• Volume: 16
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0885-6230
• DOI: 10.1002/gps.427

✦ Synopsis

Background:

More validated instruments for assessment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia are required to facilitate local dementia research.

Method:

The psychometric properties of the chinese version of the neuropsychiatric inventory (cnpi) were tested in a sample of 62 dementia outpatients. the concurrent validity was tested by measuring the spearman correlation between cnpi subscales with the appropriate subscales of behave-ad and the chinese hamilton rating scale of depression (chds). the internal consistency reliability, false-negative rates of the screening questions of cnpi and inter-rater reliability were determined.

Result:

Most cnpi behavioral domains achieved significant correlation with the corresponding behave-ad and chds subscales. cronbach alpha for the overall reliability was 0.84. the false-negative rates of the screening question were acceptable except for the dysphoria, sleep and appetite domains. the inter-rater reliability was satisfactory with intraclass correlation coefficient of all subscales above 0.9.

Conclusion:

The study demonstrated the applicability of the cnpi in assessing the neuropsychiatric manifestations of dementia in the chinese community.