Evaluating the uses of the total score and the domain scores in the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument, Chinese Version (CASI C-2.0): Results of confirmatory factor analysis

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1051-1063

  Tsai, Rung Ching ^a,c,d   Lin, Ker Neng ^b,c   Wang, Hsiao Jyuan ^d   Liu, Hsiu Chih ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive abilities screening instrument (CASi); Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA); Dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE ABILITY SCREENING INSTRUMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; APTITUDE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN;

EID: 35348974043     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207005327     Document Type: Article

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