ABSTRACT
This chapter is a comprehensive reference manual providing information on the Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS), which is an objective, clinician-administered test designed to be administered via the telephone, “in situations where in-person cognitive screening is impossible or impractical”. Limited information is available regarding development of the TICS. The underlying factor structure of the TICS was examined by Brandt et al. using principal components analysis on 13 discriminating TICSm items in 4302 elderly twin pairs from a national registry. A brief history of the instrument's development is provided, along with a description of item content and administration/scoring procedures. Psychometric properties are reviewed and a critical commentary is provided. Key references are cited and in most cases the actual scale is included, giving the reader easy access to the instrument.
