Prevalence of cognitive impairment amongst Singapore's elderly Chinese: A community-based study using the ECAQ and the IQCODE

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 142-148

  Lim, Hsien Jer ^a   Lim, Joy P'ing Ping ^a   Anthony, Philomena ^a   Yeo, Donald Hong Huang ^b   Sahadevan, Suresh ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognitive decline; Screening tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; ELDERLY CARE; ELDERLY COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMANT QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE COGNITIVE DECLINE OF THE ELDERLY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RELATIVE; SCREENING TEST; SINGAPORE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; CHINA; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0037323679     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.803     Document Type: Article

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