Comparison of exit-25 and the frontal assessment battery for evaluation of executive dysfunction in patients attending a memory clinic

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 424-428

  Moorhouse, Paige ^a,b   Gorman, Mary ^a   Rockwood, Kenneth ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centre for Health Care of the Elderly   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; Dementia; Executive function; EXIT 25; Feasibility; Frontal Assessment Battery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXIT 25; FEMALE; FRONTAL ASSESSMENT BATTERY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 64549097542     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212755     Document Type: Article

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