Cognitive predictors for five-year conversion to dementia in community-dwelling Chinese older adults

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1125-1134

  Wong, Candy H Y ^a   Leung, Grace T Y ^a   Fung, Ada W T ^b   Chan, W C ^c   Lam, Linda C W ^b  

^a TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

cognitive predictors; dementia; mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANTONESE VERSION OF MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; CATEGORY VERBAL FLUENCY TEST; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; DISEASE COURSE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ASIAN; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MENTAL HEALTH; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84885455666     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000161     Document Type: Article

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