Screening for dementia in the older Chinese with a single question test on progressive forgetfulness

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 442-448

  Chong, Mei Sian ^a   Chin, Jing Jih ^a   Saw, Seang Mei ^b   Chan, Siew Pang ^a   Venketasubramanian, N ^c   Tan, Louis C S ^c   Hong, Ching Ye ^b   Sahadevan, Suresh ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognitive disorders; Diagnosis

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL TEST; PREVALENCE; PROBABILITY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCREENING TEST; SENILE DEMENTIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 33646779147     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1488     Document Type: Article

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