Cross-cultural comparison of the Mini-Mental State Examination in United Kingdom and United States participants with Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 723-728

  Gibbons, Laura E ^a   Van Belle, Gerald ^a   Yang, Minhua ^b   Gill, Caroline ^c   Brayne, Carol ^d   Huppert, Felicia A ^d   Paykel, Eugene ^d   Larson, Eric ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b BIOGEN   (United States)

^c MRC BIOSTATISTICS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cross cultural; Dementia; Dynamic equivalence; Item characteristic curve; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RATING SCALE; RECALL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036054847     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.683     Document Type: Article

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