Are the Clock-Drawing Test and the MMSE Combined Interchangeable with CAMCOG as a Dementia Evaluation Instrument in a Specialized Outpatient Setting?

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 74-79

  Heinik, Jeremia ^a,b   Solomesh, Isaac ^a,b   Bleich, Avi ^a,c   Berkman, Pinhas ^a,d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c LEV HASHARON MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (Israel)

^d Tel Aviv University Sackler Faculty of Medicine   (Israel)

Author keywords

CAMCOG; Clock drawing; Dementia; MMSE; Psychogeriatric outpatients

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAMBRIDGE COGNITIVE EXAMINATION; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREVALENCE;

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0042844761     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0891988703016002002     Document Type: Article

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