Test-retest norms and reliable change indices for the MicroCog battery in a healthy community population over 50 years of age

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 261-270

  Raymond, Paul D ^a,b   Hinton Bayre, Anton D ^c   Radel, Michael ^b   Ray, Michael J ^b   Marsh, Neville A ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALCULATION; COGNITION; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; MICROCOG BATTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; REACTION TIME; RELIABLE CHANGE INDEX; STANDARDIZED REGRESSION BASED TECHNIQUE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33646812172     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040590947416     Document Type: Article

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