Lakshminarayanan, M;
Vaitheswaran, S;
Srinivasan, N;
Nagarajan, G;
Ganesh, A;
Shaji, KS;
Chandra, M;
... Spector, A; + view all
(2022)
Cultural adaptation of Alzheimer’s disease assessment scale–cognitive subscale for use in India and validation of the Tamil version for South Indian population.
Aging & Mental Health
, 26
(2)
pp. 423-430.
10.1080/13607863.2021.1875192.
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Abstract
Objective: Currently no standardized tools are available in the Indian languages to assess changes in cognition. Our objectives are to culturally adapt the Alzheimer’s disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) for use in India and to validate the Tamil version in an urban Tamil-speaking older adult population. / Methods: Two panels of key stakeholders and a series of qualitative interviews informed the cultural and linguistic adaptation of the ADAS-Cog-Tamil. Issues related to levels of literacy were considered during the adaptation. Validation of the ADAS-Cog-Tamil was completed with 107 participants − 54 cases with a confirmed diagnosis of mild-moderate dementia, and 53 age, gender and education matched controls. Concurrent validity was examined with the Vellore Screening Instrument for Dementia (VSID) in Tamil. Internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha, sensitivity and specificity data using the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristics (AUROC) curve values were computed. Inter-rater reliability was established in a subsample. / Results: The ADAS-Cog-Tamil shows good internal consistency (α = 0.91), inter-rater reliability and concurrent validity (with VSID-Patient version: r = –0.84 and with VSID-Caregiver version: r = –0.79). A cut-off score of 13, has a specificity of 89% and sensitivity of 90% for the diagnosis of dementia. / Conclusion: ADAS-Cog-Tamil, derived from a rigorous, replicable linguistic and cultural adaptation process involving service users and experts, shows good psychometric properties despite the limitations of the study. It shows potential for use in clinical settings with urban Tamil speaking populations. The English version of the tool derived from the cultural adaptation process could be used for further linguistic adaptation across South Asia.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Cultural adaptation of Alzheimer’s disease assessment scale–cognitive subscale for use in India and validation of the Tamil version for South Indian population |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1080/13607863.2021.1875192 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13607863.2021.1875192 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| Keywords: | ADAS-Cog, Tamil, adaptation, validation, dementia, cognition, India, South Asia |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10120578 |
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