The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in geriatric rehabilitation: Psychometric properties and association with rehabilitation outcomes

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1582-1591

  Sweet, Lisa ^a   Van Adel, Mike ^b   Metcalf, Valerie ^a   Wright, Lisa ^a   Harley, Anne ^a   Leiva, René ^a   Taler, Vanessa ^b  

^a BRUYÈRE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

cognitive assessment; geriatric rehabilitation; mental status; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; rehabilitation outcome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC REHABILITATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80455156319     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001451     Document Type: Article

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