COST: Cognitive State Test, a brief screening battery for Alzheimer disease in illiterate and literate patients

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 403-412

  Babacan Yildiz, Gulsen ^a   Isik, Ahmet T ^a   Ur, Emel ^b   Aydemir, Emine ^a   Ertas, Can ^c   Cebi, Merve ^d   Soysal, Pinar ^a   Gursoy, Esra ^a   Kolukisa, Mehmet ^a   Kocaman, Gulsen ^a   Celebi, Arif ^a  

^a BEZMIALEM VAKIF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Nevsehir State Hospital   (Turkey)

^c OKAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Alzheimer dementia; neuropsychological evaluation; screening battery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE STATE TEST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84873862004     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001780     Document Type: Article

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