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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: Mov Disord. 2012 Nov 9;28(2):176–182. doi: 10.1002/mds.25247

Table 1.

Spearman correlationsa between analogue cognitive test scores from the in-person assessment and telephone cognitive assessments.

In-person cognitive test Telephone cognitive test Function(s) tested Spearman correlation P value
Global Cognition Tests
Mattis Dementia Rating Scale (MDRS) Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS) Global 0.60 0.07

Learning and Memory Tests
Delayed word recall from CVLT, total correct Delayed 10-word recall Verbal learning and memory 0.43 0.2
Delayed word recall from CVLT, total correct Delayed 10-word recognition 0.29 0.4

Fluency Tests
Animal naming Animal naming Semantic fluency 0.80 0.006
“a” naming “f” naming Phonemic fluency 0.60 0.07
“f” naming “f” naming Phonemic fluency 0.85 0.002

Trail Making Tests
Trails A Oral trails A Psychomotor speed 0.29 0.4
Trails B Oral trails B Psychomotor speed, executive function 0.75 0.02
Trails B minus A Oral trails B minus A Executive function 0.47 0.2
Trails B minus A Number reached by 10 seconds (A) minus letter-number pair reached by 30 seconds (B) Executive function 0.53 0.1
a

N=10 for all pairs, except for in-person and oral Trails B and in-person and oral trails B minus A.