Development of a short-form assessment for detection of subtle activity limitations: Can use of everyday technology distinguish between MCI and Alzheimer

Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 647-655

  Kottorp, Anders ^a   Nygård, Louise ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADL IADL; cognitive impairment; complex activities; dementia; evaluation; function; instrument development; Rasch analysis; validity

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TECHNOLOGY; TELEPHONE; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 79955666628     PISSN: 14737175     EISSN: 17448360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1586/ern.11.55     Document Type: Article

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