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

Publikation

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

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review - 30.03.2016

Loose Markus, Weber Markus, Ludolph Albert, Petri Susanne, Abrahams Sharon, Uttner Ingo, Kollewe Katja, Böhm Sarah, Keller Jürgen, Aho-Özhan Helena, Burkhardt Christian, Lule Dorotheé

Zitation

Loose M, Weber M, Ludolph A, Petri S, Abrahams S, Uttner I, Kollewe K, Böhm S, Keller J, Aho-Özhan H, Burkhardt C, Lule D. Age and education-matched cut-off scores for the revised German/Swiss-German version of ECAS. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 2016; Published online: 30 Mar 2016

Projekt

Validierung des Edinburgh Cognitive ALS -Screen (ECAS) zur Aufdeckung von kognitiven Beeinträchtigungen oder Verhaltensänderungen bei der Amyotrophen Lateralsklerose (Screening for Cognitive and Behavioural Change in ALS)

Art

Wissenschaftlicher Artikel/Review (Englisch)

Zeitschrift

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration 2016; Published online: 30 Mar 2016

Veröffentlichungsdatum

30.03.2016

Kurzbeschreibung/Zielsetzung

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.