February 1, 1999The Clinical Neuropsychologist

BRIEF REPORT Factor Structure of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam (COGNISTAT) in Healthy, and Psychiatrically and Neurologically Impaired, Elderly Adults

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Population

Elderly persons comprising healthy participants with no psychiatric or neurological impairments, individuals…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

CECharles EngelhartUnited States Department of Veterans Affairs NENorman EisensteinJohnson University VJV. Johnson

Discussion

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Implication

Supports unitary COGNISTAT scoring in elderly adults; leaves open the clinical relevance of a minor secondary factor.

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Population

Elderly persons comprising healthy participants with no psychiatric or neurological impairments (n = 153), individuals with psychiatric impairments (n = 70), and those with neurological impairments (n = 80)

Intervention

Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam (COGNISTAT) assessment

Outcome

Factor structure of COGNISTAT

The COGNISTAT assessment demonstrates a primarily unitary factor structure in elderly adults across healthy, psychiatric, and neurological populations.

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Engelhart et al. (1999) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a6fb79722b3175134db4763 https://doi.org/10.1076/clin.13.1.109.1975

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BRIEF REPORT Factor Structure of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam (COGNISTAT) in Healthy, and Psychiatrically and Neurologically Impaired, Elderly Adults

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

BRIEF REPORT Factor Structure of the Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Exam (COGNISTAT) in Healthy, and Psychiatrically and Neurologically Impaired, Elderly Adults

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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