The short portable mental status questionnaire: Assessing cognitive ability in nursing home residents

Nursing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 329-332

  Welch, Duana C ^a   West, Robin Lea ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Mental status; Nursing home residents

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0033227641     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199911000-00009     Document Type: Article

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