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Table 11 Overview of the psychometric properties for computer tests

From: Brief cognitive screening instruments for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review

Instrument

Number of articles*

N

healthy controls

N

MCI/AD

n

Sensitivity

Specificity

n

AUC

n

Internal consistency

n

Inter-rater reliability

n

Test-retest reliability (mean time between tests)

Test validated for MCI in a (memory) clinic

 Cogstate

1

653

107

760

80.4

84.7

760

91.0

      

 CANTAB-PAL

1

22

17

39

  

39

80.3

      

 CANS-MCI

2

61

50

111

83.5

73.0

111

82.1

97

0.77

  

97

0.88 (3 months)

 MoCA computer tool (MoCA-CC)

1

85

96

781

95.8

87.1

781

97.0

     

0.82 (6 weeks)

Test validated for MCI in a population-based cohort

 CAMCI 1

296

228

524

86

94.0

  

524

0.72

    

Tests validated for AD in a (memory) clinic

 Cogstate

1

653

44

697

100.0

84.7

653

99.0

    

697

0.70 (4 months)

 CANTAB-PAL

1

16

34

50

68.0

98.0

        

 CANS-MCI

1

41

21

62

100.0

97.0

62

98.0

97

0.77

  

97

0.88 (3 months)

 Test Inoue

1

102

72

174

96.0

86.0

        
  1. *When more than 1 study is available, the weighted mean is calculated for the sensitivity, specificity, AUC, internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability