Comparison of the test of everyday functional abilities with a direct measure of daily function

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-86

  Weiner, Myron F ^a,b   Gehrmann, Helena R ^b   Hynan, Linda S ^a   Saine, Kathleen C ^a   Cullum, C Munro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Dementia, assessment; Instrumental activities of daily living; Test of everyday Functional Abilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FUNCTION TEST; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 33745223674     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000093388     Document Type: Article

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