Normative study of the category fluency test (CFT) from nationwide data on community-dwelling elderly in Korea

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 305-309

  Ryu, Seung Ho ^a   Kim, Ki Woong ^b   Kim, Seolmin ^a   Park, Joon Hyuk ^c   Kim, Tae Hui ^b   Jeong, Hyun Ghang ^b   Kim, Jeong Lan ^d   Moon, Seok Woo ^e   Bae, Jae Nam ^f   Yoon, Jong Chul ^g   Choo, Il Han ^h   Lee, Dong Woo ⁱ   Chang, Sung Man ^j   Jhoo, Jin Hyeong ^k   Kim, Shin Kyum ^l   Cho, Maeng Je ^h  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Jeju National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Konkuk University Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Kyunggi Provincial Hospital for Elderly   (South Korea)

^h Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

ⁱ Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^j Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^k Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^l Gwangju Inkwang Dementia Hospital   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Categorical verbal fluency; Demography; Normative data

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CATEGORY FLUENCY TEST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 84857043815     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2011.05.010     Document Type: Article

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