Development of the Thai Version of Mini-Cog, a Brief Cognitive Screening Test

摘要: Aims Cognitive impairment, such as dementia, has emerged the leading public health problem among elderly. Therefore, early detection of disorder and providing appropriate healthcare management is important, particularly, for patients with comorbid diabetes who require long-term treatment strategies. In Thailand, because a large number elderly diabetes, time constraints in primary care settings, short effective cognitive screening test required. The Mini-Cog valid that was specifically designed use settings. present study translated English language version into Thai version, then measured interrater reliability concurrent validity. Methods processes cross-language translation were carried out to develop Mini-Cog. A total 21 older adults type 2 mean aged 69 ± 7 years recruited investigating validity one center Thailand. Results showed good (K = 0.80, P Conclusions findings show reliable, performance-based tool function settings It recommended it could be used new aging population community.