Reliability and validity of A Quick Test of Cognitive Speed for detecting early-stage dementia in elderly Japanese

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 75-82

  Takahashi, Fumi ^a   Awata, Shuichi ^a,b   Sakuma, Naoko ^b   Inagaki, Hiroki ^b   Ijuin, Mutsuo ^b  

^a SENDAI CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A Quick Test of Cognitive Speed; Alzheimer's disease; Cognitive speed; Mild cognitive impairment; Screening test

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUICK TEST OF COGNITIVE SPEED; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AMNESIA; COLOR PERCEPTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOMETRICS; REACTION TIME; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84862670461     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2011.00388.x     Document Type: Article

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