The validity and reliability of Chinese Frontal Assessment Battery in evaluating executive dysfunction among Chinese patients with small subcortical infarct

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 68-74

  Mok, Vincent C T ^a   Wong, Adrian ^a   Yim, Patty ^b   Fu, Michael ^a   Lam, Wynnie W M ^a   Hui, Andrew C ^a   Yau, Carmen ^a   Wong, Ka Sing ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Executive dysfunction; Frontal Assessment Battery; Small subcortical infarct

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAUCASIAN; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; ERROR; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RELIABILITY; SCREENING TEST; STROKE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA, MULTI-INFARCT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 2942558932     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.wad.0000126617.54783.7     Document Type: Article

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