Do the ABCS 135 short cognitive screen and its subtests discriminate between normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment and dementia?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 189-194

  Standish, Timothy I M ^a,b   Molloy, D William ^a,b   Cunje, Alwin ^a,c   Lewis, David L ^a,b  

^a St Peter's Hospital   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

AB Cognitive Screen; ABCS 135; Mild cognitive impairment; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RECALL; ROC CURVE; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; REACTION TIME; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33947246589     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1659     Document Type: Article

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