Utility of the cognitive difficulties scale and association with objective test performance

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 755-761

  Buelow, Melissa T ^a   Tremont, Geoffrey ^b,c   Frakey, Laura L ^c,d   Grace, Janet ^c,d   Ott, Brian R ^b,c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; cognition; dementia; mild cognitive impairment; subjective memory impairment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DIFFICULTIES SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINT; TASK PERFORMANCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84911451586     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514539032     Document Type: Article

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