A Comparative Validation of the Abbreviated Apathy Evaluation Scale (AES-10) With the Neuropsychiatric Inventory Apathy Subscale Against Diagnostic Criteria of Apathy

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 308.e1-308.e6

  Leontjevas, Ruslan ^a   Evers Stephan, Alexandra ^a   Smalbrugge, Martin ^b   Pot, Anne Margriet ^c,d   Thewissen, Viviane ^e,f   Gerritsen, Debby L ^a   Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^e OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AES; Apathy; NPI; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED APATHY EVALUATION SCALE; ADULT; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY APATHY SUBSCALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84857192732     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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