Multidimensional assessment of awareness in early-stage dementia: A cluster analytic approach

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 317-327

  Clare, Linda ^a   Whitaker, Christopher J ^a   Nelis, Sharon M ^a   Martyr, Anthony ^a   Markova, Ivana S ^b   Roth, Ilona ^c   Woods, Robert T ^a   Morris, Robin G ^d  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Anosognosia; Insight; Meta cognition; Vascular dementia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AWARENESS; CAREGIVERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79954574105     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000327356     Document Type: Article

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