Reliability and validity of the Spanish version of the GMS-AGECATE package for the assessment of dementia and cognitive disturbances

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 721-728

  Saz, Pedro ^a   Día, José L ^b   De La Cámara, Concepción ^c   Carreras, Sonia ^a   Marcos, Guillermo ^a   Lobo, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO MIGUEL SERVET   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO LOZANO BLESA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AGECAT; Case finding; Cognitive disturbances; Dementia; Geriatric Mental State (GMS); Psychogeriatrics; Reliability; Spanish version; Standardization; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 0029833666     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199608)11:8<721::AID-GPS358>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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