Validation analysis of informant's ratings of cognitive function in African Americans and Nigerians

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 618-625

  Shen, Jianzhao ^a   Gao, Sujuan ^a   Unverzagt, Frederick W ^a   Ogunniyi, Adesola ^b   Baiyewu, Olusegun ^b   Gureje, Oye ^b   Hendrie, Hugh C ^a,c   Hall, Kathlenn S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Community Screening Interview for Dementia (CSI 'D'); Cross cultural studies; Dementia; Informant's reports; Validity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; ENVIRONMENT; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SCORING SYSTEM; SIBLING; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746457276     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1536     Document Type: Article

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