Cognitive assessment in elderly patients admitted to hospital: The relationship between the shortened version of the abbreviated mental test and the abbreviated mental test and mini-mental state examination

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 608-610

  Swain, D G ^a   O'Brien, A G ^a   Nightingale, P G ^a  

^a Yardley Green Hospital   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELDERLY CARE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL TEST; SCORING SYSTEM;

EID: 0033673985     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215500cr368oa     Document Type: Article

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5. Evaluation of a shortened version of the Abbreviated Mental Test in a series of elderly patients
6. Mini-Mental State. A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician
7. Cognitive assessment in elderly patients admitted to hospital: The relationship between the Abbreviated Mental Test and the Mini-Mental State Examination