Sensitivity and specificity of the clock drawing test, incorporating Rouleau scoring system, as a screening instrument for questionable and mild dementia: Scale development

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-84

  Chiu, Yi Chen ^a   Li, Chia Lin ^b   Lin, Ker Neng ^c   Chiu, Yen Feng ^d   Liu, Hsiu Chiu ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CDR; Clock drawing; Diagnostic accuracy; Questionable dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 36549008248     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.09.005     Document Type: Article

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