The Psychogeriatric Assessment Scales (PAS): Psychometric properties in French and German speaking populations

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 892-899

  Mackinnon, Andrew ^a,c   Mulligan, Reinhild ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^c FLOREY INSTITUTE OF NEUROSCIENCE AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Behaviour problems; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Depression; Informant report

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034810461     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.442     Document Type: Article

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