Validity of the Severe Impairment Battery Short Version

Validity of the Severe Impairment Battery Short Version

Background:Efficient neuropsychological tests are needed to measure cognitive impairment in moderate to severe dementia.Objective:To examine construct validity of the Severe Impairment Battery Short Version (SIB-S) in nursing home patients with moderate to severe dementia, and to examine potential f...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of neurology, neurosurgery and psychiatry neurosurgery and psychiatry, 2009-09, Vol.80 (9), p.954-959
Hauptverfasser: de Jonghe, J F M, Wetzels, R B, Mulders, A, Zuidema, S U, Koopmans, R T C M
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Sprache:eng
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Activities of daily living
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Clinical trials
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - psychology
Cognitive ability
Cross-Sectional Studies
Dementia
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - psychology
Female
Hormones. Endocrine system
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Memory
Middle Aged
Netherlands
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Nursing homes
Pharmacology. Drug treatments
Principal Component Analysis
Psychologists
Quantitative psychology
Reproducibility of Results
Socioeconomic Factors
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Zusammenfassung:Background:Efficient neuropsychological tests are needed to measure cognitive impairment in moderate to severe dementia.Objective:To examine construct validity of the Severe Impairment Battery Short Version (SIB-S) in nursing home patients with moderate to severe dementia, and to examine potential floor effects for the SIB-S.Methods:Cross-sectional comparison of cognitive measures, dementia severity and functional dependency.Results:A total of 290 patients were included 264 of whom had complete SIB-S protocols. Internal consistency of the SIB-S was very high (Cronbach alpha = 0.97). Principal-component analysis produced three factors, the first of which explained more than 50% of common score variance. Semantic memory items loaded highly on the first factor. Total SIB-S scores were associated with cognitive impairment (SIB-S—Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) rho = 0.91, p
ISSN:0022-3050
1468-330X
DOI:10.1136/jnnp.2008.163220