Transition from cognitively impaired not demented to Alzheimer's disease: An analysis of changes in functional abilities in a dementia clinic cohort

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 483-490

  Hsiung, Ging Yuek R ^a   Alipour, Sina ^a   Jacova, Claudia ^a   Grand, Jacob ^a   Gauthier, Serge ^b   Black, Sandra E ^c   Bouchard, Rémi W ^d   Kertesz, Andrew ^e   Loy English, Inge ^f   Hogan, David B ^g   Rockwood, Kenneth ^h   Feldman, Howard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Cognitively impaired not demented; Disability Assessment of Dementia; Functional abilities; Functional Rating Scale; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABILITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL COMPETENCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 46849088781     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126499     Document Type: Article

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