TY - JOUR
T1 - Cultural adaptation, standardization and clinical validity of the test your memory dementia screening instrument in Greek
AU - Iatraki, Eliza
AU - Simos, Panagiotis G.
AU - Lionis, Christos
AU - Zaganas, Ioannis
AU - Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K.
AU - Papastefanakis, Emmanouil
AU - Panagiotakis, Simeon
AU - Pantelidakis, Heraklis
AU - Papadopoulos, Konstantinos
AU - Tziraki, Chariklia
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Background/Aims: To adapt and standardize the Test Your Memory (TYM) dementia screening instrument in Greek. Methods: Normative data on the Greek version of the TYM were obtained from a community sample of 239 adults aged 21-92 years. Clinical validity was assessed in a cohort of 134 Neurology Clinic patients. Concurrent validity was examined through comparisons with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Greek Everyday Function Scale. Results: Correlations between the TYM and the MMSE were 0.73 and 0.82 in the community and patient samples, respectively. Scores on both tests were moderately associated with everyday functional capacity. Using age-and education-corrected cutoff scores ranging from 26/50 to 45/50 points, the sensitivity of the TYM for Alzheimer's disease detection was found to be higher than that of the MMSE (0.82 vs. 0.70), although its specificity was lower (0.71 vs. 0.90). Conclusion: Findings are consistent with previous reports in a variety of cultural settings supporting the potential utility of the TYM as a dementia screening tool.
AB - Background/Aims: To adapt and standardize the Test Your Memory (TYM) dementia screening instrument in Greek. Methods: Normative data on the Greek version of the TYM were obtained from a community sample of 239 adults aged 21-92 years. Clinical validity was assessed in a cohort of 134 Neurology Clinic patients. Concurrent validity was examined through comparisons with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Greek Everyday Function Scale. Results: Correlations between the TYM and the MMSE were 0.73 and 0.82 in the community and patient samples, respectively. Scores on both tests were moderately associated with everyday functional capacity. Using age-and education-corrected cutoff scores ranging from 26/50 to 45/50 points, the sensitivity of the TYM for Alzheimer's disease detection was found to be higher than that of the MMSE (0.82 vs. 0.70), although its specificity was lower (0.71 vs. 0.90). Conclusion: Findings are consistent with previous reports in a variety of cultural settings supporting the potential utility of the TYM as a dementia screening tool.
KW - Clinical validity
KW - Cultural adaptation
KW - Dementia screening
KW - Memory test
KW - Primary care
KW - Standardization
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U2 - 10.1159/000355376
DO - 10.1159/000355376
M3 - Article
C2 - 24157823
AN - SCOPUS:84886080939
SN - 1420-8008
VL - 37
SP - 163
EP - 180
JO - Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
JF - Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders
IS - 3-4
ER -