A comparison of four tests of cognition as predictors of inability to perform spirometry in old age

Age and Ageing

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 537-541

  Allen, Stephen C ^a,b   Baxter, Mark ^a  

^a ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CLOX; Cognitive function tests; Elderly; MMSE; Spirometry

Indexed keywords

AGED; APRAXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLOCK DRAWING TEST; CLOCK DRAWING TEST 1; CLOCK DRAWING TEST 2; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERSECTING PENTAGON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPIROMETRY;

EID: 69449084294     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afp104     Document Type: Article

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