The relationship between neuropsychological performance and daily functioning in individuals with Alzheimer's disease: Ecological validity of neuropsychological tests

Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 655-672

  Farias, Sarah Tomaszewski ^a   Harrell, Ernest ^b   Neumann, Craig ^b   Houtz, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; DAFS; IADL

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0042666812     PISSN: 08876177     EISSN: 18735843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-6177(02)00159-2     Document Type: Article

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