Computerized cognitive assessment in primary care to identify patients with suspected cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 823-832

  Tierney, Mary C ^a,b   Lermer, Miriam A ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognition; computers; mild cognitive impairment; neuropsychological tests; primary care

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE TEST; ATTENTION; CAMBRIDGE NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST AUTOMATED BATTERY ALZHEIMER'S; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE DRUG RESEARCH COMPUTERIZED ASSESSMENT SYSTEM FOR DEMENTIA; COGNITIVE STABILITY INDEX; COMPUTER ADMINISTERED NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL SCREEN FOR MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSESSMENT OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDLINE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT SCREEN; MINDSTREAMS MILD IMPAIRMENT BATTERY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; PSYCINFO; REACTION TIME; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY; VITAL SIGN; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 77954551992     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-091672     Document Type: Review

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