Development and validation of a composite score as an easy-to-use instrument for clinical monitoring of dementia progression: The composite cognitive and activities of daily living functioning score

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1154-1155

  Melis, René J F ^a,b   Angleman, Sara B ^a   Fratiglioni, Laura ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; COGNITION; COMPOSITE COGNITIVE AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING FUNCTIONING SCORE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KATZ ADJUSTMENT SCALES; LETTER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PATIENT MONITORING; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY; VALIDITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79958788126     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03439.x     Document Type: Letter

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