Factor structure of the national Alzheimer's coordinating centers dataset neuropsychological battery: An evaluation of invariance between and within groups over time

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 128-137

  Hayden, Kathleen M ^a,b   Jones, Richard N ^c,d   Zimmer, Catherine ^e   Plassman, Brenda L ^b   Browndyke, Jeffrey N ^a,b,f   Pieper, Carl ^a   Warren, Lauren H ^a,b   Welsh Bohmer, Kathleen A ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences ^*  (United States)

^c Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; dementia; Factor analysis; invariance; neuropsychological tests

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LOGIC; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT TERM MEMORY; VISUAL MEMORY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 79958288113     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181ffa76d     Document Type: Article

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