The KICA Screen: The psychometric properties of a shortened version of the KICA (Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment)

Australasian Journal on Ageing

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 215-219

  Logiudice, Dina ^a   Strivens, Edward ^b   Smith, Kate ^c   Stevenson, Margaret ^d   Atkinson, David ^e   Dwyer, Anna ^a   Lautenschlager, Nicola ^f,g   Almeida, Osvaldo A ^c   Flicker, Leon ^h  

^a NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d Queensland Department of Health   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Cognitive assessment; Cross cultural; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUEENSLAND; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84055218289     PISSN: 14406381     EISSN: 17416612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-6612.2010.00486.x     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Ferri C, Prince M, Brayne C etal. Global prevalence of dementia: A Delphi concensus study. Lancet 2005; 17 (366): 2112-2117.
2. Milne A, Culverwell A, Guss R, Tuppen J, Whelton R. Screening for dementia in primary care: A review of use, efficacy and quality of measures. International Psychogeriatrics 2008; 20: 911-926.
3. Ganguli M, Hendrie H. Screening for cognitive impairment and depression in ethnically diverse older populations. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 2005; 19: 275-278.
4. Australian Bureau of Statistics. The Health and Welfare of Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples 2008. Canberra: ABS, 2008. Cat. No.: 4704.0.
5. Couzos S, Murray R. Aboriginal Primary Health Care: An Evidence-based Approach. South Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 2008.
6. Smith K, Flicker L, Lautenschlager N etal. Dementia and cognitive impairment in remote Indigenous Australians - Evidence of different patterns of risk factors and increased prevalence. Neurology 2008; 71: 1470-1473.
7. Smith K, LoGiudice D, Dwyer A etal. Ngana minyarti? What is this? Development of cognitive questions for the Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (KICA). Australasian Journal on Ageing 2007; 26: 115-119.
8. Sheldon M. Psychiatric assessment in remote Aboriginal communities. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry 2001; 35: 435-442.
9. LoGiudice D, Smith K, Thomas J etal. Kimberley Indigenous Cognitive Assessment tool (KICA): Development of a cognitive assessment tool for older Indigenous Australians. International Psychogeriatrics 2006; 18: 269-280.
10. Smith K, Flicker L, Dwyer A etal. Assessing cognitive impairment in Indigenous Australians - Re-evaluation of KICA in Western Australia & Northern Territory. Australian Psychologist 2009; 44: 54-61.
11. Schneider LS, Olin JT, Doody RS etal. Validity and reliability of the Alzheimer's disease cooperative study-clinical global impression of change. Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders 1997; 11: S22-S32.
12. American Psychiatric Association (APA). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th edn. Washington DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994.
13. World Health Organisation. The ICD 10 Classification of Mental and Behavioural Disorders. Geneva: WHO, 1992.
14. Australian Bureau of Statistics. Census of Population and Housing. Canberra: Statistical Division Far North Queensland, 2006. Cat. No. 2069.0.30.002.
15. Mulherin SA, Miller WC. Spectrum bias or spectrum effect? Subgroup variation in diagnostic test evaluation. Annals of Internal Medicine 2002; 137: 598.
16. Flicker L, LoGiudice D, Carlin JB, Ames D. The predictive value of dementia screening instruments in clinical populations. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 1997; 12: 203-209.
17. Basic D, Khoo A, Conforti D etal. Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale, Mini Mental State Examination and General Practitioner Assessment of cognition in a multicultural cohort of community dwelling older persons with early dementia. Australian Psychologist 2009; 44: 40-53.
18. Brodaty H, Pond D, Kemp NM etal. The GPCOG: A new screening test for dementia designed for general practice. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002; 50: 530-530.