A Quick Test of Cognitive Speed (AQT): Usefulness in dementia evaluations in primary care

Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-19

  Kvitting, Anna S ^a   Wimo, Anders ^b   Johansson, Maria M ^a   Marcusson, Jan ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

A Quick Test of Cognitive Speed (AQT); Alzheimer's disease; Clock Drawing Test (CDT); Dementia; General practice; Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE); Primary care; Sweden

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SWEDEN;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873644642     PISSN: 02813432     EISSN: 15027724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02813432.2012.751699     Document Type: Article

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