Cog-4 has limited diagnostic test accuracy and validity for cognitive assessment in stroke survivors

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1604-1610

  Lees, Rosalind ^a   Lua, Jane ^a   Melling, Emily ^a   Miao, Yen ^a   Tan, Jia ^a   Quinn, Terence J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cog 4; Cognitive impairment; MoCA; scales; screening; sensitivity; specificity; stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COG 4 ASSESSMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH STROKE SCALE; ORIENTATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE UNIT; SURVIVOR; VALIDITY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84902491216     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2013.12.042     Document Type: Article

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