The mini-mental-37 test for dementia screening in the Spanish population: An analysis using the Rasch Model

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1003-1018

  Prieto, Gerardo ^a   Contador, Israel ^a   Tapias Merino, Esther ^b   Mitchell, Alex J ^c   Bermejo Pareja, Félix ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b Centro Madrid   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Item response theory; Rasch Model

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; STATISTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84871862719     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2012.704945     Document Type: Article

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