The Gottfries-Bråne-Steen scale: Validity, reliability and application in anti-dementia drug trials

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-14

  Bråne, Görel ^a   Gottfries, C G ^a   Winblad, B ^b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Alzheimer's disease; Anti dementia drug trials; Behavior; Cognition; Dementia rating scale; Emotional impairment; GBS Scale; Global function; Intellectual impairment; Psychogeriatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

NOOTROPIC AGENT;

ACCURACY; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SELF CARE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; DEMENTIA; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035178626     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000051230     Document Type: Article

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