Reliability and validity of the abbreviated mental test (Hong Kong version) in residential care homes

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2255-2257

  Lam, Simon C ^a   Wong, Yuet Ying ^a   Woo, Jean ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST; AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LETTER; MALE; MEDICAL EXPERT; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOMETRY; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STUDENT T TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78449281899     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2010.03129.x     Document Type: Letter

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