11: Screening Tools and Formal Assessment Flashcards
What is the TICS?
Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status
1) The TICS is a brief, standardized test of cognitive functioning that can be used in situations where what is not possible?
2) How is it designed to be administered?
3) It is good for individuals with what impairments? (3)
4) It’s results correlate highly with what?
5) What are 3 psychometrics?
6) How long is administration time?
1) in person screening not possible
2) over the phone/virtually
3) visual, can’t read, can’t write
4) mini-mental state examination
5) high test-retest reliability, sensitivity, specificity
6) 10 min
What are 3 areas of cognitive assessment that all need to be considered?
1) informant methods (interviews and questionnaires)
2) direct observation (standardized/objective testing)
3) contextual analysis (function/familiar settings)
What is the BRIEF-A?
Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function
A self-report measure
1) The BRIEF-A is a ___ item self rating scale
2) what are it’s psychometrics? (3)
3) it captures exec function and self-reg in what enviornments?
4) what versions are available?
1) 75
2) evidence of reliability, validity, clinical utility (ecologically sensitive)
3) everyday
4) english and spanish
What is the Neuro-QOL?
The Quality of Life in Neurological Disorders
questionnaire
The Neuro-QOL is a _____ item ______________ that asks about what?
28
questionnaire
current difficulties with cog func over past 7 days
What are 3 areas of self-reported health the Neuro-QOL gathers information on?
1) physical health
2) mental health
3) social health
What is the PROMIS?
Patient Reported Outcomes and Measurement Information System
1) how many questions does the PROMIS have?
2) when does it ask the patient about?
3) what does it not have?
1) 32
2) cog func over past 7 days
3) does NOT give contextual examples of deficits, explicitly asks about specific domains
What is the AM-PAC
Activity Measure for Post Acute Care
1) what domains does the AM-PAC cover? (3)
2) The AM-PAC is a short form to do what?
3) how many questions does the short form have?
4) What doesn’t the short form have?
1) ADLs, Cognition, and Functional Mobility
2) used in acute care to assist in post discharge needs
3) 6 for mobility, 6 for ADLS
4) applied cognitive domains (understanding familiar people, remembering medications, recalling where items are placed, etc.)
What are screening tools for cognitive impairments? (3)
1) SLUMS
2) MOCA
3) TICS
What are self-reports for cognitive impairment? (2/4)
1) BRIEF
2) Neuro-QOL
3) PROMIS*
4) AM-PAC*
*patient and therapist report
What is the RICE?
Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago Evaluation of Communicative Problems in Right-Hemisphere Dysfunction
standardized
What are the parts of the RICE? (9)
1) pt interview
2) observation of pt with family, staff
3) ratings of attention (eye contact, awareness, orientation)
4) ratings of conversation (facials, intonation, topic maintenance)
5) visual scanning/tracking
6) written expression
7) pragmatic comm skills
8) story retell
9) metaphoric language
What is the RHLB?
Right Hemisphere Language Battery
standardized formal assessment with 7 subtests