Subtle cognitive impairment in elders with Mini-Mental State Examination scores within the 'normal' range

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 463-471

  Friedman, Timothy W ^a   Yelland, Gregory W ^a   Robinson, Stephen R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognitive assessment; computer based testing; mild cognitive impairment; Mini Mental State Examination; SCIT; screening tool; subtle cognitive impairment test

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84859887896     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2736     Document Type: Article

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