The six item cognitive impairment test (6-CIT) as a screening test for 150 dementia: Comparison with mini-mental state examination (MMSE)

Current Aging Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 138-142

  Upadhyaya, Ajaya K ^a   Rajagopal, Magesh ^b   Gale, Tim M ^c  

^a HERTFORDSHIRE PARTNERSHIP UNIVERSITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH MANCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH II HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

6 item cognitive impairment test (6 cit); 6 item orientation memory concentration test; Dementia; Mini mental state examination (mmse); Primary care; Screening test; Short blessed test (sbt)

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIX ITEM COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77953781360     PISSN: 18746098     EISSN: 18746128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874609811003020138     Document Type: Article

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