Validation of neuropsychological tests for the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To compare and validate neurocognitive tests in the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) for the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), and to identify appropriate tests to be administered in future waves of CHARLS.

Methods

We recruited 825 individuals from the CHARLS sample and 766 subjects from hospitals in six provinces and cities in China. All participants were administered the HCAP-neurocognitive tests, and their informants were interviewed regarding the respondents' functional status. Trained clinicians administered the Clinical Dementia Rating scale (CDR) to assess the respondents' cognitive status independently.

Results

The testing protocol took an average of 58 minutes to complete. Refusal rates for tests of general cogn

SUBMITTER: Meng Q 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8082093 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature