The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS): A multicultural cognitive assessment scale

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 13-31

  Storey, Joella E ^a   Rowland, Jeffrey T J ^a   Conforti, David A ^a   Dickson, Hugh G ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognition; Culturally fair; Dementia; Multicultural; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY ORIENTATION; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRAWING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; ORIENTATION; PERFORMANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; ROWLAND UNIVERSAL DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT SCALE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 3042725272     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610204000043     Document Type: Article

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