10.6084/m9.figshare.3142114 Markus Loose Markus Loose Christian Burkhardt Christian Burkhardt Helena Aho-Özhan Helena Aho-Özhan Jürgen Keller Jürgen Keller Susanne Abdulla Susanne Abdulla Sarah Böhm Sarah Böhm Katja Kollewe Katja Kollewe Ingo Uttner Ingo Uttner Sharon Abrahams Sharon Abrahams Susanne Petri Susanne Petri Markus Weber Markus Weber Albert C. Ludolph Albert C. Ludolph Dorothée Lulé Dorothée Lulé Age and education-matched cut-off scores for the revised German/Swiss-German version of ECAS Taylor & Francis Group 2016 ECAS cut-off cognition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis validation German stratified executive 2016-03-30 19:57:18 Journal contribution https://tandf.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Age_and_education_matched_cut_off_scores_for_the_revised_German_Swiss_German_version_of_ECAS/3142114 <p>The Edinburgh Cognitive and Behavioural ALS Screen (ECAS) has been developed to assess cognition and behaviour in patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Cognitive impairments of ALS-specific and ALS-non-specific functions can be determined using cut-off scores based on performance of healthy subjects. However, detailed analyses show that older healthy subjects perform worse than younger ones, whereas highly-educated individuals perform better than those with lower education levels. As a consequence, this study presents new age and education matched cut-off scores for the revised German/Swiss-German version of the ECAS based on the performance of 86 healthy subjects.</p>