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Normative scores of the Cambridge Cognitive Examination-Revised in healthy Spanish population

2015; Cologio Oficial de Psicólogos del Principado; Volume: 1; Issue: 27 Linguagem: Inglês

10.7334/psicothema2014.169

0214-9915

Arturo X. Pereiro, S. Ramos-Lema, Onésimo Juncos‐Rabadán, David Facal, Cristina Lojo‐Seoane,

Frailty in Older Adults

Background:The Cambridge Cognitive Examination-Revised (CAMCOG) is widely used in clinical, epidemiological and research studies, but normative scores for age and educational level have not yet been established in the Spanish population.Method: The CAMCOG-R was administered to 730 adult members ofthe community, aged between 50-97 years, living throughout the region of Galicia.Initial screening yielded provisional identifi cation of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms.The fi nal sample consisted of 643 cognitively healthy adults.The following instruments were administered: a questionnaire concerning socio-demographic and clinical data, the Charlson's Comorbidity Index, the Mini-Mental State Examination, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), the Lawton and Brody Index, a short version of the Geriatric Depression Scale, and the CASP-19 quality of life scale.Results: Internal consistency values of the CAMCOG-R were similar to those obtained for the original scale.The convergent validity between MoCA and CAMCOG-R was good, and the divergent validity between CASP-19 and CAMCOG-R was higher than the recommended value.Percentiles and inter-quartile range for age and educational level were calculated.Conclusions: Psychometric indexes showed that the CAMCOG-R is a reliable and valid instrument, which can generally avoid a ceiling effect.The study fi ndings confi rm the importance of specifying the normative data by age and educational level.