Influence of Education and Age on the Abbreviated Mental Test in Chinese Nursing Home Older Adults

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 137-139

  Chan, Tuen Ching ^a,b   Luk, James Ka Hay ^a   Shea, Yat Fung ^a,b   Chan, Samuel Shung Kay ^b   Lau, Ka Hin ^a   Chan, Felix Hon Wai ^b   Yu, Gabriel Ka Kui ^a   Chu, Leung Wing ^b  

^a Fung Yiu King Hospital   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST; AGE; AGED; CHINESE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DSM-IV; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST;

EID: 84873157170     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2012.08.018     Document Type: Letter

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