The scoring scheme of the informant questionnaire on cognitive decline in the elderly needs revision: Results of Rasch analysis

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 250-256

  Tang, Wai Kwong ^a,c   Wong, Eric ^a   Chan, Sandra S M ^a   Chiu, Helen F K ^a,b   Wong, Ka Sing ^a   Kwok, Timothy C Y ^a   Mok, Vincent ^a   Ungvari, Gabor S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Jockey Club Centre for Positive Ageing   (Hong Kong)

^c SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese population; Dementia; Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly; Rasch analysis; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; STROKE;

AGED; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HONG KONG; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 5644247388     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080024     Document Type: Article

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