The clock drawing test and questionable dementia: Reliability and validity

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1048-1054

  Seigerschmidt, Eva ^a,b   Mösch, Edelgard ^a   Siemen, Margarete ^a   Förstl, Hans ^a   Bickel, Horst ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clock drawing test; Early detection; Questionable dementia; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYNDROME SHORT TEST; VALIDATION PROCESS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ART THERAPY; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036848871     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.747     Document Type: Article

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