Using a Rasch scale to characterize the clinical features of patients with a clinical diagnosis of uncertain, probable, or possible Alzheimer disease at intake

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 367-373

  Hughes, Larry F ^c   Perkins, Kyle ^a   Wright, Benjamin D ^b   Westrick, Heather ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clinical features; Ethnicity; Rasch measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANAMNESIS; BLESSED DEMENTIA SCALE; CLASSIFICATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT BLESSED DEMENTIA SCALE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344873142     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2003-5503     Document Type: Conference Paper

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