%0 Journal Article
%T Developing a Cantonese Version of Birmingham Cognitive Screen for Stroke Survivors in Hong Kong
%A Anthony Pak-Hin Kong
%A Brendan Weekes
%A Glyn Humphreys
%A John Chan
%A Johnny King-L. Lau
%A Wai-Ling Bickerton
%J Communication Disorders Quarterly
%@ 1538-4837
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1525740117720382
%X The Birmingham Cognitive Screen (BCoS) is a neuropsychological battery designed to assess impairment to a variety of cognitive domains including language in patients with brain injuries. Twenty-two stroke participants and 16 gender-, age-, and education-matched controls were recruited in Hong Kong. The stroke participants were administered HK-BCoS as well as standardized batteries of cognitive and language functions validated for the Cantonese-speaking population in Hong Kong, including the Cantonese version of the Western Aphasia Battery, Cantonese Mini-Mental State Examination, and the Hong Kong¨CMontreal Cognitive Assessment. Results showed that HK-BCoS demonstrated good concurrent validity with all standardized batteries. HK-BCoS could discriminate between cognitive impairments in stroke patients and normal participants. Furthermore, HK-BCoS was found to have excellent intrarater and interrater reliabilities, good test¨Cretest reliability, and fair split-half reliability as judged according to international criteria. In sum, HK-BCoS is a valid and reliable tool for assessing cognitive processing in Cantonese speakers in Hong Kong
%K adult
%K age
%K disorders
%K communication
%K cultural/linguistic
%K diversity
%K cognitive impairments
%K exceptionalities
%K stroke
%K delays/disorders
%K language/linguistics
%K language
%K assessment
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1525740117720382