The need for a consensus in the use of assessment tools for Alzheimer's disease: The feasibility study (assessment tools for dementia in Alzheimer centres across Europe), a European Alzheimer's Disease Consortium's (EADC) survey

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 744-748

  Ramirez Diaz, Santiago Paulino ^a   Gregório, Pedro Gil ^a   Ribera Casado, Jose Manuel ^a   Reynish, Emma ^b   Ousset, Pierre Jean ^b   Vellas, Bruno ^b   Salmon, Eric ^c   Blesa, R ^b   Boada, M ^b   Bullock, R ^b   Burns, A ^b   Camus, V ^b   Costa Tsolaki, M ^b   Dartigues, J F ^b   Erkinjuntti, T ^b   Frisonni, G ^b   Frolich, L ^b   Gomez Isla, T ^b   Hock, C ^b   Jones, R ^b   Kurz, A ^b   Lovestone, S ^b   McKeith, I ^b   Michel, J P ^b   Olde Rikkert, M G M ^b   Pasquier, F ^b   Rigaud, A S ^b   Robert, P ^b   Rodriguez, G ^b   Rossor, M ^b   Salva, A ^b   Scheltens, P ^b   Sinclair, A ^b   Sjogren M ^b   Spiru, L ^b   Thompson, C ^b   Touchon, J ^b   Verhey, F ^b   Waldemar, G ^b   Winblad, B ^b   more..

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b Hopitalux de Toulouse ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Assessment tools; Dementia; EADC; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological assessment; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGITATION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONSENSUS DEVELOPMENT; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELUSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DIFFUSE LEWY BODY DISEASE; DISEASE DURATION; DYSPHORIA; EUROPE; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HALLUCINATION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERHOSPITAL COOPERATION; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SLEEP DISORDER; SYMPTOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CONSENSUS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EUROPE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEWY BODY DISEASE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 23844514155     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1355     Document Type: Article

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