Research letter: Performance of the brief test of adult cognition by telephone in a national sample

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TBI

Reference Type:

Journal article

Accession No.:

J89291

Journal:

Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation

Year, Volume, Issue, Page(s):

2021 , 36, 4, E233-E239

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Abstract:

This study aimed 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. The BTACT is a short (15-20 minutes) in-person or telephone-administered battery of tests that assesses key aspects of cognitive functioning (i.e., episodic verbal memory, working memory, verbal fluency, inductive reasoning, and processing speed). A secondary analysis was conducted of BTACT data collected from 6747 healthy adults aged 23 to 84 years who participated in the National Survey of Midlife Development in the United States (MIDUS) II and MIDUS Refresher cohorts. The results provide BTACT community comparison sample data based on age, sex, and education from a national sample. Like other cognitive measures, BTACT scores decreased with age and increased with education. 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.

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