The Alzheimer's questionnaire: A proof of concept study for a new informant-based dementia assessment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1015-1021

  Sabbagh, Marwan N ^a   Malek Ahmadi, Michael ^a   Kataria, Rahul ^a   Belden, Christine M ^a   Connor, Donald J ^a   Pearson, Caleb ^a   Jacobson, Sandra ^a   Davis, Kathryn ^a   Yaari, Roy ^b   Singh, Upinder ^c  

^a SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b BANNER ALZHEIMER S INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Sierra Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; instrument; primary care; questionnaire

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER QUESTIONNAIRE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ORIENTATION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78650651128     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-2010-101185     Document Type: Article

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