Everyday functioning as a predictor of cognitive status in a group of community‐dwelling, predominantly Black adults

INTRODUCTION We examined whether the Performance Assessment of Self‐Care Skills (PASS) and Everyday Cognition Scale‐12 (ECog‐12) dichotomized cognitive groups in a sample of predominantly Black adults. METHODS Two hundred forty‐six community‐dwelling adults (95% Black, age 50+) completed cognitive testing, the PASS, and the ECog. Cognitive groups (probable vs unlikely cognitive impairment) were determined by performance on the Modified Mini‐Mental State Examination. We examined the predictive validity of the PASS shopping, medication management, and information retrieval subtests and the ECog‐12 to dichotomize cognitive groups. RESULTS Performance on all PASS subtests (all p’s