Improving detection of dementia in Asian patients with low education: Combining the mini-mental state examination and the informant questionnaire on cognitive decline in the elderly

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-22

  Narasimhalu, Kaavya ^a,d   Lee, June ^b   Auchus, Alexander P ^c   Chen, Christopher P L H ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Genome Institute of   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cognitive screening; Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly; Mini Mental State Examination

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 37348998999     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000111128     Document Type: Article

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