A brief psychometric scale to assess the cognitive status of Spanish-speaking elderly;Una escala psicométrica breve para evaluar el estado cognitivo de hispanoparlantes de edad mayor

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 377-383

  Sánchez Ayéndez, Melba ^a   Cabán, Carlos A ^b   Fernández, Leticia ^c   Rosich, Walter ^a   Dávila, Ana L ^a   Larriuz, María Celeste ^a   Hernández, Johan ^a   Guruxarri, Alberto García ^a   Palloni, Alberto ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b Clmíca Interdisciplinaria de Psiquiatria Avanzada   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; DEMENTIA; HISPANIC; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; DEMENTIA; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 1642486755     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: 23736011     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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