Validation of ASHA FACS-functional assessment of communication skills for Alzheimer disease population

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 375-381

  De Carvalho, Isabel Albuquerque M ^a,b   Mansur, Leticia Lessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Communication; Functional assessment; Functionality; Language

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMERICAN SPEECH LANGUAGE HEARING ASSOCIATION FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNICATION SKILLS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPEECH THERAPY; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BRAZIL; COMMUNICATION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 58049200105     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31818809b2     Document Type: Article

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