This Article Full Text (PDF) References Alert me when this article is cited Alert me if a correction is posted Citation Map Services Email this article to a friend Similar articles in this journal Alert me to new issues of the journal Add to Saved Citations Download to citation manager Request Permissions Request Reprints Add to My Marked Citations Citing Articles Citing Articles via HighWire Citing Articles via Google Scholar Citing Articles via Scopus Google Scholar Articles by Kawas, C. Articles by Brookmeyer, R. Search for Related Content PubMed Articles by Kawas, C. Articles by Brookmeyer, R. Social Bookmarking                         What's this?

Reliability of the Blessed Telephone Information-Memory-Concentration Test

Department of Neurology (Dr. Kawas, Ms. Karagiozis, Ms. Resau, and Ms. Corrada), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and the Department of Biostatistics (Dr. Brookmeyer), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Helen Karagiozis, BA

Department of Neurology (Dr. Kawas, Ms. Karagiozis, Ms. Resau, and Ms. Corrada), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and the Department of Biostatistics (Dr. Brookmeyer), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Lisa Resau, BSN

Department of Neurology (Dr. Kawas, Ms. Karagiozis, Ms. Resau, and Ms. Corrada), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and the Department of Biostatistics (Dr. Brookmeyer), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Maria Corrada, ScM

Department of Neurology (Dr. Kawas, Ms. Karagiozis, Ms. Resau, and Ms. Corrada), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and the Department of Biostatistics (Dr. Brookmeyer), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

Ronald Brookmeyer, PhD

Department of Neurology (Dr. Kawas, Ms. Karagiozis, Ms. Resau, and Ms. Corrada), Johns Hopkins School of Medicine; and the Department of Biostatistics (Dr. Brookmeyer), Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.

In-person cognitive evaluations can be costly and labor intensive in geographically widespread populations. Reliable telephone instruments that screen for cognitive status would greatly facilitate epidemiologic and other longitudinal studies. We evaluated the reliability of the Blessed Information-Memory-Concentration (IMC) test when administered by telephone. Eighty-four subjects with a wide range of cognitive abilities were administered the Blessed IMC twice over a 3-week interval. Forty-nine of the subjects were administered the test both by telephone and in-person, and 35 of the subjects were tested twice by telephone. Spearman's rank correlation was used to compare scores of the different administrations (.96; P < .001) and to examine test-retest reliability (.96; P < .001). The Blessed Telephone IMC (TIMC) test exhibits excellent reliability both when compared to in-person administration as-well as in test-retest results. The Blessed TIMC appears to be a practical instrument for population and longitudinal studies when in-person assessment is not feasible.

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology, Vol. 8, No. 4, 238-242 (1995)
DOI: 10.1177/089198879500800408


CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    Technorati    Twitter    What's this?

This article has been cited by other articles:

				H. H. Dodge, T. Zitzelberger, B. S. Oken, D. Howieson, and J. Kaye A randomized placebo-controlled trial of Ginkgo biloba for the prevention of cognitive decline Neurology, May 6, 2008; 70(19_Part_2): 1809 - 1817. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				D. F. Terry, P. Sebastiani, S. L. Andersen, and T. T. Perls Disentangling the Roles of Disability and Morbidity in Survival to Exceptional Old Age Arch Intern Med, February 11, 2008; 168(3): 277 - 283. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				P. A. Tun and M. E. Lachman Telephone assessment of cognitive function in adulthood: the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone Age Ageing, November 1, 2006; 35(6): 629 - 632. [Full Text] [PDF]

				S. Lee, I. Kawachi, L. F. Berkman, and F. Grodstein Education, Other Socioeconomic Indicators, and Cognitive Function Am. J. Epidemiol., April 15, 2003; 157(8): 712 - 720. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

				J. Evert, E. Lawler, H. Bogan, and T. Perls Morbidity Profiles of Centenarians: Survivors, Delayers, and Escapers J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci, March 1, 2003; 58(3): M232 - M237. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]