DAD-6: A 6-ltem version of the disability assessment for dementia scale which may differentiate Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment from controls

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 210-218

  De Rotrou, J ^a,b   Wu, Y H ^a,b   Hugonot Diener, L ^a,b   Thomas Antrion, C ^c   Vidal, J S ^a,b   Plichart, M ^a,b   Rigaud, A S ^a,b   Hanon, O ^a,b  

^a Paris Descartes University   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NORD   (France)

Author keywords

Cognitive decline; Early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease; Executive function; Instrumental activities of daily living; Instrumental functional impairment assessment; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISABILITY; DISABILITY ASSESSMENT FOR DEMENTIA SCALE 6; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY IMPAIRMENT SCREEN; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84860825074     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000338232     Document Type: Article

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