The NEO-FFI is a reliable measure of premorbid personality in patients with probable Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 477-484

  Archer, Nicola ^a   Brown, Richard G ^a   Boothby, Harry ^b   Foy, Catherine ^a   Nicholas, Helen ^b   Lovestone, Simon ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Personality; Premorbid; Reliability study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERSONALITY TEST; RELATIVE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PERSONALITY TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646765765     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1499     Document Type: Article

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