Use of the Freund Clock Drawing Test within the Mini-Cog as a screening tool for cognitive impairment in elderly patients with or without cancer

Journal of Geriatric Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 174-182

  Ketelaars, Lore ^a   Pottel, Lies ^a   Lycke, Michelle ^a   Goethals, Laurence ^a   Ghekiere, Véronique ^a   Santy, Linda ^a   Boterberg, Tom ^b   Van Den Noortgate, Nele ^b   Pottel, Hans ^c   Debruyne, Philip R ^a  

^a General Hospital Groeninge   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Clock drawing test; Cognitive impairment; Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment; Elderly

Indexed keywords

3 WORD DELAYED RECALL TEST; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPREHENSIVE GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FREUND CLOCK DRAWING TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MINI COG; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; REFERENCE VALUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84875632717     PISSN: 18794068     EISSN: 18794076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgo.2012.10.175     Document Type: Article

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