Literature review of the Clock Drawing Test as a tool for cognitive screening

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-213

  Pinto, Elisabete ^a   Peters, Ruth ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clock Drawing Test; Cognitive screening; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

CLOCK DRAWING TEST; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EMBASE; HUMAN; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

COGNITION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 60449118768     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000203344     Document Type: Review

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