A population based study on the intra and inter-rater reliability of the clock drawing test in Brazil: The Bambuí health and ageing study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 450-456

  Fuzikawa, Cíntia ^a,b   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a,b   Uchoa, Elizabeth ^a,b   Barretto, Sandhi Maria ^a,b   Shulman, Ken ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clock drawing; Education; Neuropsychological tests; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POPULATION RESEARCH; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0038473992     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.863     Document Type: Article

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