Validity, reliability, and feasibility of clinical staging scales in dementia: A systematic review

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 357-365

  Olde Rikkert, Marcel G M ^a   Tona, Klodiana Daphne ^a   Janssen, Lieneke ^a   Burns, Alistair ^b   Lobo, Anatonio ^c   Robert, Philippe ^d   Sartorius, Norman ^e   Stoppe, Gabriela ^e   Waldemar, Gunhild ^f  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NICE   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

dementia; staging scale; systematic review; validity

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT STAGING; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VALIDITY;

EID: 80054909970     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317511418954     Document Type: Review

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