Publications

Key Publications:

OCS

Demeyere N, Riddoch MJ, Slavkova ED, Bickerton W-L, & Humphreys GW. (2015). The Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS): Validation of a stroke-specific short cognitive screening tool. Psychological Assessment, 27(3), 883–894.

Demeyere N, Riddoch MJ, Slavkova ED, Jones K, Reckless I, Mathieson P, & Humphreys GW. (2016) Domain-specific versus generalized cognitive screening in acute stroke. Journal of Neurology, 263, 306–315.

Mancuso M, Demeyere N, Abbruzzese L, Damora A, … & Zoccolotti P. (2018) Using the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS) to detect cognitive impairment in stroke patients: a comparison with the mini-mental state examination. Frontiers Neurology

Moore, MJ, & Demeyere, N. (2022). Lesion symptom mapping of domain-specific cognitive impairments using routine imaging in stroke. Neuropsychologia, 167, 108159.

Milosevich E, Moore MJ, Pendlebury S, & Demeyere N. (2023) Domain-specific cognitive impairment 6 months after stroke: the value of early cognitive screening. International Journal of Stroke. 2023 Sep 25; https://doi.org/10.1177/17474930231205787

OCS-plus

Webb SS, Hobden G, Roberts R, Chiu EG, King S, Demeyere N. Validation of the UK English Oxford cognitive screen-plus in sub-acute and chronic stroke survivors. European Stroke Journal. 2022 Dec 1;7(4):476–86.

Roberts R, Vohora R, Webb SS, Demeyere N. (2024) Validating the OCS-Plus against a clinical standard: A brief report. Journal of Neuropsychology

Kozik V, Reuken P, Utech I, Gramlich J, Stallmach Z, Demeyere N, et al. (2024). Characterization of neurocognitive deficits in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome: persistence, patients’ complaints, and clinical predictors. Front Psychol. 2023;14:1233144.

Demeyere, N., Haupt, M., Webb, S. S., Strobel, L., Milosevich, E. T., Moore, M. J., Wright, H., Finke, K., & Duta, M. D.. (2021). Introducing the tablet-based Oxford Cognitive Screen-Plus (OCS-Plus) as an assessment tool for subtle cognitive impairments. Scientific reports, 11(1), 8000.

Humphreys, G. W., Duta, M. D., Montana, L., Demeyere, N., McCrory, C., Rohr, J., Kahn, K., Tollman, S., & Berkman, L.. (2017). Cognitive function in low-income and low-literacy settings: validation of the tablet-based oxford cognitive screen in the health and aging in africa: a longitudinal study of an indepth community in south africa (haalsi). The journals of gerontology: series b, 72(1), 38–50.

OCS in Clinical Guidelines 

UK National clinical guideline for stroke: 5th edition 2016.
Danish Health Authority, Guideline for functional assessment after stroke.
European Stroke Organisation and European Academy of Neurology joint guidelines on post-stroke cognitive impairment. European Journal of Neurology.

 

Independent publications on cognitive screening with OCS (non-exhaustive list)

Bisogno AL, Favaretto C, Zangrossi A, Monai E, Facchini S, De Pellegrin S, et al. A low-dimensional structure of neurological impairment in stroke. Brain Communications. 2021 Apr 1
Jeffares I, Merriman NA, Doyle F, Horgan F, Hickey A. Designing stroke services for the delivery of cognitive rehabilitation: A qualitative study with stroke rehabilitation professionals. Neuropsychological Rehabilitation. 2021 Oct 14;0(0):1–24.
Kosgallana A, Cordato D, Chan DKY, Yong J. Use of Cognitive Screening Tools to Detect Cognitive Impairment After an Ischaemic Stroke: a Systematic Review. SN Compr Clin Med. 2019 Apr 1;1(4):255–62.
Quinn TJ, Elliott E, Langhorne P. Cognitive and Mood Assessment Tools for Use in Stroke. Stroke. 2018 Feb 1;49(2):483–90.
Wallace SJ, Worrall L, Le Dorze G, Brandenburg C, Foulkes J, Rose TA. Many ways of measuring: a scoping review of measurement instruments for use with people with aphasia. Aphasiology. 2020 Dec 18;0(0):1–66.
Droś J, Klimkowicz-Mrowiec A. Current view on post-stroke dementia. Psychogeriatrics. 2021;21(3):407–17.
Rohde D, Gaynor E, Large M, Mellon L, Hall P, Brewer L, et al. The Impact of Cognitive Impairment on Poststroke Outcomes: A 5-Year Follow-Up. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2019 Sep 1;32(5):275–81.
Pasotti F, Magnani FG, Gallucci M, Salvato G, Ovadia D, Scotto M, et al. Neuropsychological assessment in acute stroke patients. Neurol Sci. 2020 May;41(5):1259–66.
Rodrigues J de C, Becker N, Beckenkamp CL, Miná CS, Salles JF de, Bandeira DR. Psychometric properties of cognitive screening for patients with cerebrovascular diseases A systematic review. Dement neuropsychol. 2019 Mar;13:31–43.

OCS translations with population relevant norms and psychometrics:

Valério, D., Almeida, J., Demeyere, N., Lima, M., Nogueira, J., & Santana, I. (2022). The European Portuguese version of the Oxford Cognitive Screening (OCS-Pt): a screening test for acute stroke patients. Neurological sciences.

Huygelier H., Schraepen B., Miatton M., Welkenhuyzen L., Michiels K., Note, E., Lafosse, C., Thielen, H., Lemmens, R., Bruffaerts, R., Demeyere, N., & Gillebert, C. R. (2022). The Dutch Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-NL): psychometric properties in Flemish stroke survivors. Neurological sciences.

Sanctuary C, Hewitt L, Demeyere N, Kankkunen K, Oxenham DV, Simpson DB, et al. The Oxford Cognitive Screen for use with Australian people after stroke (OCS-AU): The adaptation process and determining cut scores for cognitive impairment using a cross-sectional normative study. Australian Occupational Therapy Journal. 2023;70(1):73–85.

Porrselvi PA, Venkateswaran P, Vijayanand S, Webb SS, Ramkumar S, Sneha RC, & Demeyere N. (2023) The cultural and linguistic adaptation of the Oxford Cognitive Screen to Tamil. Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society. 2023 Dec;29(10):964–71.

Cho E, Choi S, Demeyere N, Hwang SSS, Kim M. The Korean Version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (K-OCS) Normative Study (2024). Ann Rehabil Med. 2024 Feb;48(1):22–30.

Bormann T, Kaller CP, Kulyk C, Demeyere N, Weiller C. (2024). The German version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (D-OCS): Normative data and validation in acute stroke and a mixed neurological sample. Journal of Neuropsychology.

Oğuz Ö, Toğram B, Demeyere N. Adaptation of Oxford Cognitive Screen into Turkish (OCS-TR): Validity and reliability study in stroke survivors. BMC Psychology. 2025 Feb 24;13(1):161.

Julio-Ramos T, Foncea-Gonzalez C, Farias-Ulloa C, Inostroza-Rojas S, Conejeros-Pavez J, Gutierrez-Vasquez D, Demeyere N. et al. (2024) Validation of the American-Spanish Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-Sp): Normative data and psychometric properties in acute stroke patients. Neurología

Huyghelier H, Schraepen B, Demeyere N, Gillebert CR (2019) The Dutch version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-NL): normative data and their association with age and socio-economic status. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 4:1-22

Robotham Rj, Riis JO, Demeyere N (2019) A Danish version of the Oxford cognitive screen: a stroke-specific screening test as an alternative to the MoCA. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn. 11;1-14

Velera-Gran D, Lopez-Roig S, Hurtado-Pomares M et al (2019) Validation of the Spanish version of the Oxford cognitive Screen (S-OCS): psychometric properties of a short cognitive stroke-specific screening tool. Clin Rehabil 33(4); 724-736

Shendyapina M, Kuzmina E, Kazymaev S et al (2019) The Russian version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen: Validation study on stroke survivors. Neuropsychology 33(1); 77-92

Ramos CCF, Amado DK, Borges CR et al (2018) Oxford Cognitive Screen – Brazilian Portuguese version (OCS-Br) A pilot study. Dement Neuropsychol 12(4); 427-431

Hong WJ, Tao J, Wong AWK et al (2018) Psychometric properties of the Chinese (Putonghua) version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS-P) in subacute poststroke patients without neglect. Biomed Res Int eCollection 2018.

Mancuso M, Varalta V, Sardella L et al (2016) Italian normative data for a stroke specific cognitive screening tool: the Oxford Cognitive Screen (OCS). Neurol Sci 37(10); 1713-1721

Kong AP, Lam PH, Ho DW et al (2016) The Hong Kong version of the Oxford Cognitive Screen (HK-OCS): validation study for Cantonese-speaking chronic stroke survivors. Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 23(5); 530-548