Validation of the Brazilian-Portuguese version of the Modified Telephone Interview for cognitive status among stroke patients.

Aims: To examine the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Modified Telephone Interview for Cognitive Status (TICS-M) for cognitive impairment in post-stroke patients from the Stroke Mortality and Morbidity Study.

Methods: The original version of the TICS-M was translated and adapted into Brazilian-Portuguese language in 30 non-clinical subjects. After that, two trained researchers applied the TICS-M in 73 stroke participants from the Stroke Mortality and Morbidity Study; however, 12 carried out only the first evaluation and 61 participants completed the follow up: (i) personal interview 6 months after stroke; (ii) telephone interview 1 week after the first evaluation; and (iii) telephone interview 2 weeks after the first evaluation.