Scoring clock tests for dementia screening: A comparison of two scoring methods

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 685-689

  van der Burg, Marjoke ^a   Bouwen, Anne ^a   Stessens, Johan ^a   Ylieff, Michel ^b   Fontaine, Ovide ^b   de Lepeleire, Jan ^a   Buntinx, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Universiteit Luik   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clock drawing; Cognitive tests; Dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRAWING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME;

AGED; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 3242891979     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1143     Document Type: Article

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