Carnero-Pardo C, Gurpegui M, Sánchez-Cantalejo E, Camello A Gómez, Santervás P Guardado, Ríos M T Montoro
Servicio de Neurología, Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain.
Neurologia. 2007 Apr;22(3):153-8.
The EUROTEST is a valid and useful instrument for detecting cognitive impairment and dementia. Our aim was to assess the test-retest reliability (TRTR) and the inter-rater reliability (IRR) of this instrument.
We assessed the TRTR by means of a cross-sectional repeated measures design in 30 subjects with no cognitive impairment. The IRR was determined through the blind assessment of 10 test administrations by 20 independent observers. In both instances we calculated the intra-class correlation coefficient and we compared those coefficients with the ones of the semantic Verbal Fluency Test (sVFT) obtained with the same samples and procedures.
There were not significant differences concerning the characteristics of the subjects included in this study and those of previous studies on the EUROTEST. The EUROTEST showed a significantly higher TRTR (0.94 [95% CI: 0.87-0.97]) than the sVFT (0.51 [95% CI: 0.17- 0.74]), but there was not significant difference in IRR between the EUROTEST (0.91 [95% CI: 0.82-0.97]) and the sVFT (0.96 [95% CI: 0.91-0.99]).
The EUROTEST shows high TRTR and IRR; therefore, this instrument is appropriate for the longitudinal assessment of subjects with dementia and their response to treatment.
EUROTEST是一种用于检测认知障碍和痴呆的有效且有用的工具。我们的目的是评估该工具的重测信度（TRTR）和评分者间信度（IRR）。
我们通过横断面重复测量设计对30名无认知障碍的受试者评估了TRTR。通过20名独立观察者对10次测试管理进行盲法评估来确定IRR。在这两种情况下，我们都计算了组内相关系数，并将这些系数与使用相同样本和程序获得的语义言语流畅性测试（sVFT）的系数进行了比较。
本研究纳入的受试者特征与先前关于EUROTEST的研究没有显著差异。EUROTEST显示出比sVFT（0.51 [95% CI：0.17 - 0.74]）显著更高的TRTR（0.94 [95% CI：0.87 - 0.97]），但EUROTEST（0.91 [95% CI：0.82 - 0.97]）和sVFT（0.96 [95% CI：0.91 - 0.99]）之间的IRR没有显著差异。
EUROTEST显示出高TRTR和IRR；因此，该工具适用于对痴呆受试者及其治疗反应的纵向评估。
