Effect of education and gender adjustment on the sensitivity and specificity of a cognitive screening battery for dementia: Results from the movies project

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 321-329

  Belle, Steven H ^b,c   Seaberg, Eric C ^b   Ganguli, Mary ^a,b   Ratcliff, Graham ^a,d   De Kosky, Steven ^a   Kuller, Lewis H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c University School of Nursing   (United States)

^d Harmarville Rehabilitation Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive screening; Dementia; Education; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING;

EID: 0029861834     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109922     Document Type: Article

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