Age and education-matched cut-off scores for the revised German/Swiss-German version of ECAS

The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS) has been developed to assess cognition and behaviour in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cognitive impairments of ALS-specific and ALS-non-specific functions can be determined using cut-off scores based on performance of hea...

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Published in:Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and frontotemporal degeneration 2016-07, Vol.17 (5-6), p.374-376
Main Authors: Loose, Markus, Burkhardt, Christian, Aho-Özhan, Helena, Keller, Jürgen, Abdulla, Susanne, Böhm, Sarah, Kollewe, Katja, Uttner, Ingo, Abrahams, Sharon, Petri, Susanne, Weber, Markus, Ludolph, Albert C, Lulé, Dorothée
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Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aging
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - complications
Child
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Educational Status
Female
Germany
Humans
Male
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - etiology
Middle Aged
Neuropsychological Tests
Reproducibility of Results
Switzerland
Young Adult
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Summary:The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS) has been developed to assess cognition and behaviour in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cognitive impairments of ALS-specific and ALS-non-specific functions can be determined using cut-off scores based on performance of healthy subjects. However, detailed analyses show that older healthy subjects perform worse than younger ones, whereas highly-educated individuals perform better than those with lower education levels. As a consequence, this study presents new age and education matched cut-off scores for the revised German/Swiss-German version of the ECAS based on the performance of 86 healthy subjects.
ISSN:2167-8421
2167-9223
DOI:10.3109/21678421.2016.1162814