Reliability and validity of the telephone version of the Cantonese Mini-mental State Examination (T-CMMSE) when used with elderly patients with and without dementia in Hong Kong

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 345-353

  Wong, Shui Sang ^a   Fong, Kenneth Nai Kuen ^b  

^a UNITED CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

CMMSE; Dementia; Telephone CMMSE; Telephone follow up

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; INTRARATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TELEPHONE; VALIDITY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FOLLOW UP; INTERVIEW; MENTAL HEALTH; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 65649147547     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209008588     Document Type: Article

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