Diagnosing dementia in primary care: The accuracy of informant reports

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 171-176

  Kemp, Nicola M ^a   Brodaty, Henry ^a   Pond, Dimity ^a   Luscombe, Georgina ^a  

^a PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dementia; General practice; Informants; Primary care; Proxy

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RECALL; RISK FACTOR; WORKING MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0036630967     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200207000-00007     Document Type: Article

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