A normative study of the trail making test in Korean elders

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 844-852

  Eun, Hyun Seo ^a,b   Dong, Young Lee ^a,b   Ki, Woong Kim ^c   Jung, Hie Lee ^d   Jin, Hyeong Jhoo ^e   Jong, Choul Youn ^f   Il, Han Choo ^b   Ha, Jin ^g   Jong, Inn Woo ^a,b,c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^d Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Bundang Jesaeng Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Kyunggi Provincial Hospital for Elderly   (South Korea)

^g Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Education; Elders; Gender; Koreans; Normative data; Trail Making Test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; TRAIL MAKING TEST;

EID: 33749331252     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1570     Document Type: Article

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