Diagnostic utility of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) and its combination with the Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R) in a memory clinic-based population

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 526-530

  Hancock, P ^a   Larner, A J ^b  

^a Brooker Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ACE R; Dementia; Diagnosis; IQCODE; Memory clinic; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADDENBROOKE COGNITIVE EXAMINATION REVISED; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMANT QUESTIONNAIRE ON COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE ELDERLY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 67649090323     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209008941     Document Type: Article

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