A reliability and validity study of the cornell scale among elderly inpatients, using various clinical criteria and the cornell study group

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 438-447

  Barca, Maria Lage ^a,b,d   Engedal, Knut ^a,b,c   Selbæk, Geir ^a,b,c  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cornell Scale; Dementia; Depression; Inpatients; Institutions; Nursing homes; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 77952538489     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000313533     Document Type: Article

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