The validity of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) in a multicultural cohort of community-dwelling older persons with early dementia

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 124-129

  Basic, David ^a   Rowland, Jeffrey T ^b   Conforti, David A ^a   Vrantsidis, Freda ^c   Hill, Keith ^d   LoGiudice, Dina ^c   Harry, Jan ^e   Lucero, Katherine ^e   Prowse, Robert J ^e  

^a LIVERPOOL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b THE PRINCE CHARLES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cultural diversity; Dementia; Geriatric assessment; ROC curve; Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERIATRICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; ROWLAND UNIVERSAL DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; SEX; VALIDITY; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; LINGUISTICS; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; ROC CURVE; STATISTICS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 67651024701     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31818ecc98     Document Type: Article

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