Neuropsychological performance predicts decision-making abilities in Chinese older persons with mild or very mild dementia

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 116-122

  Lui, Victor Wing Cheong ^a   Lam, Linda Chiu Wa ^b   Luk, Daisy Nga Yan ^a   Chiu, Helen Fung Kum ^b   Appelbaum, Paul S ^c  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental competency; Neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY RESPONSE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MACARTHUR COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT TOOL TREATMENT; MALE; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

EID: 77957293806     PISSN: 20789947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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