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Table 3 PRO-CS cognitive abilities versus cognitive concerns: descriptive statistics and association with patient characteristics

From: Health system implementation of the PROMIS Cognitive Function Screener in the Medicare Annual Wellness Visit: framing as abilities versus concerns

 

PROMIS Cognitive Abilities

(N = 3,088)

PROMIS Cognitive Concerns

(N = 2,614)

Mean (SD) T-score

54.8 (8.0)

52.6 (7.1)

Min, Max T-score

25.1, 65.4

23.2, 62.0

T-Score indicates concern for cognitive impairment (> 0.5 SD below mean), n (%)

316 (10.2%)

343 (13.1%)

Mean (SD) PRO-CS score according to patient clinical characteristics

  

Requires assistance with one or more instrumental activities of daily living

Yes

No

48.5 (9.2)

55.6 (7.5)

47.3 (9.0)

53.2 (6.6)

Cognitive impairment (CI)*

No CI diagnosis

Possible CI diagnosis

Definite CI diagnosis

55.3 (7.7)

52.9 (8.8)

43.5 (8.6)

52.8 (6.9)

51.7 (7.2)

42.6 (11.5)

Correlation of PRO-CS score with other patient-reported information (Pearson’s r)

  

Self-rated health (scale of 1–5 where 1 = poor and 5 = excellent)

0.34

0.28

Patient Health Questionnaire-2 (depression)

-0.31

-0.33

General Anxiety Disorder-2 (anxiety)

-0.28

-0.28

  1. *Categories are based on ICD-10 diagnoses