Alden L Gross, Chihua Li, Emily M Briceno, Miguel Arce Rentería, Richard N Jones, Kenneth M Langa, Jennifer J Manly, Emma L Nichols, David Weir, Rebeca Wong, Lisa Berkman, Jinkook Lee, Lindsay C Kobayashi
BACKGROUND: The Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) is an innovative instrument for cross-national comparisons of later-life cognitive function, yet its suitability across diverse populations is unknown. We aimed to harmonize general and domain-specific cognitive scores from HCAPs across six countries, and evaluate precision and criterion validity of the resulting harmonized scores. METHODS: We statistically harmonized general and domain-specific cognitive function across the six publicly available HCAP partner studies in the United States, England, India, Mexico, China, and South Africa (N=21,141)...
June 12, 2023: medRxiv