Assessing the performance of the four question abbreviated mental test in the acute geriatric setting

Acute Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-17

  Locke, Thomas ^a   Keat, S ^b   Tate, M ^a   Bown, A ^c   Ghosh, R ^a   Hart, A ^d  

^a SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESTERFIELD ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abbreviated mental test score; Cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFUSION ASSESSMENT METHOD; FEMALE; FOUR QUESTION ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SIX ITEM COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84880008060     PISSN: 17474884     EISSN: 17474892     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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