Values of the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Questionnaire in Individuals with Dementia.

Hui-Fen MaoChun-An KuoWen-Ni HuangJeffrey L CummingsTzung-Jeng Hwang

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2015)

This study provides an estimate of the MCID for severity and distress subscales of the NPI-Q, which can help clinicians and researchers determine whether NPI-Q change scores within a group of individuals with dementia are beyond measurement error and are clinically important.

Keyphrases

mild cognitive impairment
cognitive impairment
psychometric properties
cross sectional
patient reported