Computerized visuo-spatial memory test as a supplementary screening test for dementia

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Maki, Yohko ^a,b   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^c   Yamaguchi, Haruyasu ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GERIATRICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE AND HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Hijiyama University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Clinical Dementia Rating; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment; Screening test; Visuo spatial memory

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COMPUTERIZED VISUO SPATIAL MEMORY TEST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HASEGAWA DEMENTIA SCALE REVISED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SCREENING TEST; SPATIAL MEMORY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPUTERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOFTWARE; SPACE PERCEPTION; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77955970868     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00320.x     Document Type: Article

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