Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) in Alzheimer's disease: Validation of a behavioral rating scale to assess dysexecutive symptoms in Japanese patients with Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 951-956

  Shinagawa, Yoshihiro ^a   Nakaaki, Shutaro ^a   Hongo, Jin ^a   Murata, Yoshie ^a   Sato, Junko ^b   Matsui, Teruo ^c   Tatsumi, Hiroshi ^d   Akechi, Tatsuo ^a   Furukawa, Toshiaki A ^a  

^a NAGOYA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Yagoto Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kainan Hospital   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA DAINI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX); Executive dysfunction; Japanese version; Neuropsychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

DONEPEZIL;

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APATHY; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EUPHORIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 35448971475     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1768     Document Type: Article

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