Diagnosing dementia in a developing nation: An evaluation of the GMS-AGECAT algorithm in an older Korean population

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 331-336

  Kim, Jae Min ^b   Stewart, Robert ^c   Prince, Martin ^c   Shin, Il Seon ^a   Yoon, Jin Sang ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dementia; Education; GMS AGECAT; Korea; Screening instruments

Indexed keywords

AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; AGE; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC MENTAL STATE AUTOMATED GERIATRIC EXAMINATION FOR COMPUTER ASSISTED TAXONOMY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; KOREA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0344089195     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.834     Document Type: Article

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