Rankin Molly W, Clemons Traci E, McBee Wendy L
The EMMES Corporation, Rockville, MD 20850, USA.
Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2005 Aug;12(4):271-7. doi: 10.1080/09286580591003815.
To determine whether the AREDS Telephone Battery can be substituted for the In-Clinic Cognitive Function Battery to assess cognitive function, so that participants could still provide follow-up information without having to come to the clinic.
Correlation analysis was performed on scores of the following in-clinic and telephone administrations: 1) Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS), conducted in person vs. Telephone Interview Cognitive Status (TICS-M); 2) Wechsler Memory Scale-III (WMS-III), Logical Memory I and II; 3) Digits Backwards (a sub-test of the WMS-R); 4) Verbal Fluency; and 5) Letter Fluency (F,A,S).
A total of 1,738 AREDS participants completed an In-Clinic Battery and a Telephone Battery within twelve months. Significant positive correlations were found for all tests, ranging from rho = 0.89 between the 3MS and TICS-M scores (95% CI; 0.88 - 0.90), to rho = 0.71 for Letter Fluency (95% CI; 0.68 - 0.74).
The linear relationships between the In-Clinic Battery and Telephone Battery scores support the hypothesis that the Telephone Battery is an appropriate substitute for participants who are unable to complete an in-clinic assessment of cognitive function.
确定年龄相关性眼病研究（AREDS）电话认知功能测试能否替代门诊认知功能测试来评估认知功能，以便参与者无需前往门诊仍能提供随访信息。
对以下门诊和电话测试得分进行相关性分析：1）改良简易精神状态检查表（3MS），面对面测试与电话访谈认知状态量表（TICS-M）；2）韦氏记忆量表第三版（WMS-III），逻辑记忆I和II；3）倒背数字（韦氏记忆量表修订版的一个子测试）；4）言语流畅性；5）字母流畅性（F、A、S）。
共有1738名年龄相关性眼病研究参与者在十二个月内完成了门诊认知功能测试和电话认知功能测试。所有测试均发现显著正相关，3MS和TICS-M得分之间的相关系数rho = 0.89（95%置信区间；0.88 - 0.90），字母流畅性的相关系数rho = 0.71（95%置信区间；0.68 - 0.74）。
门诊认知功能测试和电话认知功能测试得分之间的线性关系支持以下假设，即电话认知功能测试对于无法完成门诊认知功能评估的参与者而言是一种合适的替代方式。
