Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance Test
Objective: The aim of this article was to determine the criterion-related validity of the newly normed SKT (Syndrom-Kurztest) Short Cognitive Performance Test with the onset of dementia as the predicted criterion. Methods: The cognitive ability was tested with the SKT in a sample of 546 cognitively...
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| author | Mark Stemmler Johannes Baltasar Hessler Horst Bickel |
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| description | Objective: The aim of this article was to determine the criterion-related validity of the newly normed SKT (Syndrom-Kurztest) Short Cognitive Performance Test with the onset of dementia as the predicted criterion. Methods: The cognitive ability was tested with the SKT in a sample of 546 cognitively healthy adults aged 65–85 years. New cases of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia were determined in 3 follow-up investigations at 1-year intervals. Each participant’s cognitive status was rated on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale. The cognitive status according to the SKT is presented in terms of a traffic light system. Results: Based on Kaplan-Meier estimators, the trajectories of the different SKT traffic light labels were investigated over 3 years. The trajectories were significantly different, representing differential risks for dementia onset. In comparison to the green group, the hazard ratio (HR) for the development of dementia and MCI amounted to HR 6.63 (95% CI 2.75–15.96) and HR 2.34 (95% CI 1.37–3.99), respectively, in the yellow group, and to HR 25.40 (95% CI 10.73–60.14) and HR 3.83 (95% CI 1.86–7.86), respectively, in the red group. Conclusions: The newly normed SKT showed a high predictive validity for the onset of dementia. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-45ae5c892d994f0a8fe70adf1008ce6d2022-12-21T18:54:26ZengKarger PublishersDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra1664-54642019-04-019118419310.1159/000497308497308Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance TestMark StemmlerJohannes Baltasar HesslerHorst BickelObjective: The aim of this article was to determine the criterion-related validity of the newly normed SKT (Syndrom-Kurztest) Short Cognitive Performance Test with the onset of dementia as the predicted criterion. Methods: The cognitive ability was tested with the SKT in a sample of 546 cognitively healthy adults aged 65–85 years. New cases of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia were determined in 3 follow-up investigations at 1-year intervals. Each participant’s cognitive status was rated on the Clinical Dementia Rating Scale. The cognitive status according to the SKT is presented in terms of a traffic light system. Results: Based on Kaplan-Meier estimators, the trajectories of the different SKT traffic light labels were investigated over 3 years. The trajectories were significantly different, representing differential risks for dementia onset. In comparison to the green group, the hazard ratio (HR) for the development of dementia and MCI amounted to HR 6.63 (95% CI 2.75–15.96) and HR 2.34 (95% CI 1.37–3.99), respectively, in the yellow group, and to HR 25.40 (95% CI 10.73–60.14) and HR 3.83 (95% CI 1.86–7.86), respectively, in the red group. Conclusions: The newly normed SKT showed a high predictive validity for the onset of dementia.https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/497308Cognitive testsSKT (Syndrom Kurztest)Predictive validityCox regressionDementiaCognitive impairmentMild cognitive impairment |
| spellingShingle | Mark Stemmler Johannes Baltasar Hessler Horst Bickel Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance Test Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra Cognitive tests SKT (Syndrom Kurztest) Predictive validity Cox regression Dementia Cognitive impairment Mild cognitive impairment |
| title | Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance Test |
| title_full | Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance Test |
| title_fullStr | Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance Test |
| title_full_unstemmed | Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance Test |
| title_short | Predicting Cognitive Decline and Dementia with the Newly Normed SKT Short Cognitive Performance Test |
| title_sort | predicting cognitive decline and dementia with the newly normed skt short cognitive performance test |
| topic | Cognitive tests SKT (Syndrom Kurztest) Predictive validity Cox regression Dementia Cognitive impairment Mild cognitive impairment |
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