Diagnostic utility of the Key Search Test as a measure of executive functions

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 173-178

  Oosterman, Joukje M ^a   Molenveld, Meike ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a,b   Kessels, Roy P C ^a,b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Cognitive function; Dementia; Key Search Test; Memory; Screening test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KEY SEARCH TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78650155719     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2010.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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