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박지원 ( Park Jee-Won ) - 아주대학교 간호대학
김용순 ( Kim Yong-Soon ) - 아주대학교 간호대학
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Abstract
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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine the psychometric properties of the Korean version of the General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (K-GPCog) scale.
Method: The K-GPCog consists of the 2 subscales, patients and caregivers. Using a sample of 412 community-based Korean older adults, internal consistency reliability was estimated using Cronbach’s alpha. To evaluate validity of the K-GPCog, correlational analysis was conducted using Pearson r between K-GPCog and the Korean Dementia Screening Questionnaire (KDSQ).
Results: Cronbach’s alpha coefficients of the K-GPCog patients’ and caregivers’ subscales .788 and .794 respectively. Pearson’s correlation coefficients were r=-.374, r=-.481, and r=-.493, respectively for the subscales of patients and primary caregivers, and total K-GPCog. The degree of diagnostic agreement about the risk for cognitive disorders of older adults showed 11.7% and 11.2% respectively for the K-GPCog and the KDSQ.
Conclusion: The findings provided preliminary evidence of the K-GPCog as a useful screening measure for detecting mild cognitive disorders of Korean older adults. The K-GPCog is particularly useful to identify cognitive disorders from primary caregivers when it is difficult to assess the level of cognition of older adults.
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KeyWords
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인지기능, 노인, 도구, 신뢰도와 타당도
Cognition, Aged, Reliability & Validity
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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