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Identifying subtle functional change in individuals with mild cognitive impairment: development and validation of the
Pinghsiu Lin1,2, Haley M LaMonica1,3, Sharon L Naismith1,2,4
1Healthy Brain Ageing Program, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Nsw, Australia.
Abstract:
Accumulating research suggests that individuals with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) experience subtle functional changes, but that available functional assessment tools are insensitive to this. To address this gap, we describe the development and validation of the self-report, "Healthy Brain Ageing Functional Assessment Questionnaire" (HBA-FAQ). We examined the factor structure and psychometric properties of the HBA-FAQ in 503 participants with normal cognition, subjective cognitive decline (SCD), MCI or dementia. Our results found the HBA-FAQ to have good reliability, validity and stronger discriminative ability between healthy control participants and those with SCD (0.734, p = .001), MCI (0.666, p = .012) and dementia (0.798, p < .001) compared to a widely-used instrumental activities of daily living screener. In conclusion, the HBA-FAQ is a valid, reliable self-report tool, providing an efficient and sensitive approach to identifying subtle changes in daily functioning in older people at risk of dementia.
