Psychometric properties of the neurobehavioral cognitive status exam

Engelhart, Charles; Eisenstein, Norman; Meininger, Janet C.

doi:10.1080/13854049408402043

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“…Specificity was lower than that for the MMSE. Engelhart, Eisenstein, & Meininger (1994) used the Cognistat to examine 109 geriatric subjects who were classified as neurologically impaired only, psychiatrically impaired only, neither, or both. They found that with advancing age the mean number of Cognistat scales falling into the impaired range increased regardless of clinical presence of neurological impairment.…”

Section: Mini-mental State and Cognistat Performance In An Older Afrimentioning

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Mini-Mental State and Cognistat Performance in an Older African American Sample

Strickland

Longobardi

Alperson

et al. 2005

The Clinical Neuropsychologist

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Ninety-three normal, healthy, community-dwelling African American men and women aged 60 and older completed the Folstein Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Cognistat (formerly known as Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination). Results indicated significant age and education effects on MMSE and Cognistat performance. The strength of the effects was less than had been noted in earlier work. Cognistat scores were lower than those reported in the original manual for the test as well as in comparison to an older sample in another study. Explanations were offered in terms of differences in cultural and educational exposure to testing as well as inappropriateness of the norms in the original manual. Age- and education-stratified normative data are presented that should be helpful to clinicians who work with and perform cognitive assessment in the population.

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Section: Mini-mental State and Cognistat Performance In An Older Afrimentioning

confidence: 99%

Mini-Mental State and Cognistat Performance in an Older African American Sample

Strickland

Longobardi

Alperson

et al. 2005

The Clinical Neuropsychologist

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“…20 The Cognistat has been used to identify individuals with deficits in cognitive functioning. 21 Addiction Severity Index, Fifth Edition (ASI) 22 The ASI is a semistructured interview that may be used to summarize a patient's status at admission, formulate a treatment plan, and track progress in treatment. Seven areas of functioning are measured with the ASI including physical health, employment and financial support, illegal or criminal activity, family and social relationships, psychiatric symptoms, and drug and alcohol abuse.…”

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Effects of Contingency Management on Substance Abuse Continuing Care Participation

Businelle¹,

Parker²,

May

et al. 2008

Addictive Disorders &Amp; Their Treatment

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Objectives:The purpose of the present study was to evaluate the effectiveness and feasibility of adding a contingency management (CM) component to the standard substance abuse treatment program available to substance-dependent veterans. Methods:Participants included 36 substance-dependent male veterans who completed the Veterans Affairs Medical Center residential or day treatment program. Participants were enrolled in either the CM or standard treatment program. The CM group included 6 substance-dependent male veterans who agreed to participate in a 6-month CM program. In this program, veterans were rewarded with vouchers for attending aftercare sessions and submitting breath and urine samples that were negative for alcohol and other drugs. The standard treatment group included 30 substance-dependent male veterans who completed the residential or day treatment program immediately before the initiation of the CM program.Results: Veterans who participated in the adjunctive CM program attended significantly more aftercare sessions than those in the standard treatment group during both the 6-month CM program and the 6 months after the discontinuation of the program. Conclusions:Initial findings indicate that CM may be a useful means of increasing treatment attendance among veterans with substance use disorders. The difficulties encountered during the process of integrating the CM component into the standard treatment program are discussed.

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“…A high false-positive rate has typically been reported when studies have adopted an operational definition of impairment based on only a single NCSE scale result (Drane & Osato, 1997;Engelhart, Eisenstein, & Meininger, 1994;Fields, Fulop, Sachs, Strain, & Fillit, 1992;Osato et al, 1993). This operational definition is suboptimal when working in the area of dementia assessment since the revised NCSE manual recommends impairment on the NCSE memory scale and at least one of the other four major domains measured as described in The Manual for Cognistat (Northern California Neurobehavioral Group, Inc., 2001).…”

Section: The Ncse and Dementiamentioning

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Utility of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (Cognistat) with Geriatric Mental Health Outpatients

Ames

Hendrickse²,

Bakshi³

et al. 2009

Clinical Gerontologist

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Cognitive examination of older adults is important due to the risk for age-related cognitive disorders. Demand for efficient tools has resulted in multiscale measures such as the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (NCSE). Advantages of the NCSE include high sensitivity, test tolerability, a relatively detailed memory assessment, and inclusion of multiple ability areas. We explored the utility of the NCSE in identifying cognitive impairment and/or dementia. Geropsychiatric outpatients completed the NCSE as part of a comprehensive evaluation. The NCSE proved effective at discriminating the presence or absence of any cognitive disorder. However, the NCSE showed limited clinical utility in identifying etiologies of dysfunction.

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Psychometric properties of the neurobehavioral cognitive status exam

Cited by 29 publications

References 13 publications

Mini-Mental State and Cognistat Performance in an Older African American Sample

Mini-Mental State and Cognistat Performance in an Older African American Sample

Effects of Contingency Management on Substance Abuse Continuing Care Participation

Utility of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (Cognistat) with Geriatric Mental Health Outpatients

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