Screening for cognitive impairment in older general hospital patients: Comparison of the Six-Item Cognitive Impairment Test with the Mini-Mental State Examination

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 755-762

  Tuijl, Jolien P ^a   Scholte, Evert M ^b   De Craen, Anton J M ^c   Van Der Mast, Roos C ^c  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cognitive impairment; general hospital; older patients; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; OUTPATIENT; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIX ITEM COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84862220462     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2776     Document Type: Article

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