Clinical correlates of functional performance in community-dwelling Chinese older persons with mild cognitive impairment

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1059-1070

  Tam, Cindy W C ^a   Lam, Linda C W ^a,b   Lui, Victor W C ^a   Chan, W C ^c   Chan, Sandra S M ^b   Chiu, Helen F K ^b   Chan, W M ^d  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CASTLE PEAK HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Functional performance; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHINESE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PARKINSONISM; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONTROL GROUPS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSONIAN DISORDERS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 50149108220     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610208007345     Document Type: Article

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