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Age and education-matched cut-off scores for the revised German/Swiss-German version of ECAS
Journal Paper/Review - Mar 30, 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
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cut-off,
cognition,
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis,
validation,
German,
stratified,
executive
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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.