Diagnostic performance of two mental status tests in the older Chinese: Influence of education and age on cut-off values

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 234-241

  Sahadevan, Suresh ^a   Lim, P'ing Ping Joy ^a   Tan, Noellyn Jong Li ^b   Chan, Siew Pang ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b National Council of Social Service   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognitive impairment; Cognitive testing; Score adjustment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHINESE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0034032819     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(200003)15:3<234::AID-GPS99>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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