Cognition, functional status, education, and the diagnosis of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in Spanish-speaking elderly

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 194-201

  Mejia, Silvia ^a   Gutiérrez, Luis Miguel ^b   Villa, Antonio R ^b   Ostrosky Solís, Feggy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Inst Natl Cie Med/Nutr S Z   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cognitive and functional assessment; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Sensitivity; Spanish speaking; Specificity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLESSED DEMENTIA SCALE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PFEFFER FUNCTIONAL ACTIVITIES QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SHORT BLESSED TEST;

EID: 13944276300     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1104_4     Document Type: Article

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