Calibration and validation of an innovative approach for estimating general cognitive performance

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 144-153

  Gross, Alden L ^a,b,d   Jones, Richard N ^a,b,e   Fong, Tamara G ^a,c   Tommet, Douglas ^a,b,e   Inouye, Sharon K ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hebrew Senior Life   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Cognitive function; Dementia; Factor analysis; Harmonization; Measurement

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CALIBRATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; WORD RECOGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; APTITUDE TEST; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CALIBRATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 84893178887     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: 14230208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000357647     Document Type: Article

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