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2760377

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
The Early Assessment Self Inventory (EASI), a rapid self-administered screening test for cognitive impairment in the elderly, was constructed to permit individuals to be assessed in a group or singly without examiner intervention. This paper-and-pencil device requires a fourth-grade reading level and makes minimal demands on literacy while assessing orientation, recent and remote memory, language, visual-construction, calculation, and attention. In the present study, the EASI was group-administered to 146 elderly persons attending senior centers and completed individually without examiner intervention by 19 outpatients at a memory disorders clinic. Participants were 60 to 95 years old with 5 to 18 years of education. The EASI demonstrated good internal consistency and test-retest reliability and was significantly correlated with the Mini-Mental State Exam and the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale, both widely used screening instruments. Neuropsychological measures of memory, attention, and verbal fluency correlated as well with the EASI as with the examiner-administered screening instruments, suggesting that the EASI may provide an efficient method of screening for cognitive impairment.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-8614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
848-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
The EASI: a self-administered screening test for cognitive impairment in the elderly.
pubmed:affiliation
SUNY Health Science Center, Department of Psychiatry, Brooklyn 11203.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't