The assessment of changes in cognitive functioning: Reliable change indices for neuropsychological instruments in the elderly - A systematic review

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 275-286

  Stein, Janine ^a   Luppa, Melanie ^a   Brähler, Elmar ^b   König, Hans Helmut ^c   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^a,d  

^a Clinic of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy   (Germany)

^b Department of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology ^*  (Germany)

^c Department of Psychiatry   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Change norms; Cognitive change; Dementia; Neuropsychological test; Reliable change indices

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABLE CHANGE INDEX; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

AGED; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 77950326383     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000289779     Document Type: Review

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