SIB-Norwegian Version, Validation and Reliability Study

Sykehuset Innlandet HF

Status: Completed

Conditions: Dementia; Diagnostic Tests, Routine

Treatments: Behavioral: Diagnostic Screening

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00449384

F06002

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to validate and to test interrater reliability for the Norwgian version of Severe Impairment Battery (SIB).

Full description

The study will include 60 persons with mild to severe dementia. To test the validation of SIB, we will interview the included persons with Severe Impairment Battery (SIB) and compare the results with Clinical Dementia Rating (CDV)reported by their nurses. To test interrater reliability 30 of the included persons will be interviewed with SIB by two different raters, and the two raters results will be compared.

Enrollment: 59 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Dementia, mild to severe.
• Nursing Home resident

Exclusion criteria

• No ability to write or read.
• Physical handicapped, unable to use hands.