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Research Letter: Performance of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone in a National Sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To create a larger, more representative community comparison sample of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT) data to facilitate assessment of cognitive function in research studies.

Setting

National US community-based survey.

Participants

In total, 6747 healthy adults aged 23 to 84 years (53% female; mean age = 55 years, SD = 13).

Design

Secondary data analysis of BTACT data collected from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) II and MIDUS Refresher cohorts.

Main measures

The BTACT, a brief (15-20 minute) measure of global cognitive function validated for telephone administration.

Results

This article provides BTACT community comparison sample data based on age, sex, and education from a national sample. Similar to other cognitive measures, BTACT scores decreased with age and increased with education.

Conclusions

The BTACT community comparison sample will facilitate investigation of cognitive functioning in large-scale traumatic brain injury research studies and will support secondary analysis of existing BTACT data gathered through the MIDUS study.

SUBMITTER: DiBlasio CA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8249334 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul-Aug 01

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Research Letter: Performance of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone in a National Sample.

DiBlasio Christina A CA Sima Adam A Kumar Raj G RG Kennedy Richard E RE Retnam Reuben R Lachman Margie E ME Novack Thomas A TA Dams-O'Connor Kristen K

The Journal of head trauma rehabilitation 20210701 4

<h4>Objective</h4>To create a larger, more representative community comparison sample of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone (BTACT) data to facilitate assessment of cognitive function in research studies.<h4>Setting</h4>National US community-based survey.<h4>Participants</h4>In total, 6747 healthy adults aged 23 to 84 years (53% female; mean age = 55 years, SD = 13).<h4>Design</h4>Secondary data analysis of BTACT data collected from the National Survey of Midlife Development in the U ...[more]

PMID: 33656486

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Dataset Information

Research Letter: Performance of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone in a National Sample.

Objective

Setting

Participants

Design

Main measures

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Research Letter: Performance of the Brief Test of Adult Cognition by Telephone in a National Sample.

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