Comparison of the quick mild cognitive impairment (Qmci) screen and the SMMSE in screening for mild cognitive impairment

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 624-629

  O'Caoimh, Rónán ^a   Gao, Yang ^a   McGlade, Ciara ^a   Healy, Liam ^a   Gallagher, Paul ^b   Timmons, Suzanne ^a   Molloy, D William ^a  

^a St Finbarr's Hospital   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

AB cognitive screen 135; Mild cognitive impairment; Quick mild cognitive impairment screen; Sensitivity; Standardised mini mental state examination

Indexed keywords

AB COGNITIVE SCREEN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUICK COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT SCREEN; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZED MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ONTARIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84865535615     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs059     Document Type: Article

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