Development of a method for quantifying cognitive ability in the elderly through adaptive test administration

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1116-1123

  Konsztowicz, Susanna ^a   Xie, Haiqun ^a   Higgins, Johanne ^b   Mayo, Nancy ^a   Koski, Lisa ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

aging; assessment; geriatric; GRACE method; MMSE; MoCA; Rasch analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LANGUAGE TEST; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE TESTS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84855178219     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000615     Document Type: Article

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