Open AccessThe Measurement of Everyday Cognition (ECog)
Author(s) -
Sarah E Tomaszewski Farias,
Andrew T. Weakley,
Danielle Harvey,
Julie Chandler,
Olivia Huss,
Dan M Mungas
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
alzheimer disease and associated disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.213
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1546-4156
pISSN - 0893-0341
DOI - 10.1097/wad.0000000000000450
Subject(s) - cognition , psychology , neuropsychology , activities of daily living , everyday life , embodied cognition , relevance (law) , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , computer science , psychiatry , artificial intelligence , political science , law , physics , quantum mechanics
The Everyday Cognition scale (ECog), a measure of everyday functioning developed in 2008, is sensitive to early detection and progression of neurodegenerative disease. The goal was to update ECog item content to ensure relevancy to contemporary older adults from diverse backgrounds.