The Vellore screening instruments and strategies for the diagnosis of dementia in the community

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 539-547

  Stanley, Rena ^a   Kuruvilla, Anju ^a   Kumar, Senthil ^a   Gayathri, K ^a   Mathews, Prasad ^a   Abraham, Vinod ^a   Rajkumar, Anto ^a   Jacob, K S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Dementia; Developing countries; Diagnosis; Screening

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY; BRAZIL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; BRAZIL; COGNITION DISORDERS; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; DEMENTIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67649105494     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020900903X     Document Type: Article

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