The Rapid Cognitive Screen (RCS): A point-of-care screening for dementia and mild cognitive impairment

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 741-744

  Malmstrom, Theodore K ^a   Voss, V B ^a   Cruz Oliver, D M ^a   Cummings Vaughn, L A ^b,c   Tumosa, N ^b   Grossberg, G T ^a   Morley, J E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH EDUCATION AND CLINICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer s Disease; Cognition; Dementia; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DRAWING; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTROSPECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MORTALITY; NURSING HOME; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPID COGNITIVE SCREEN; RECALL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VERY ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; MIDDLE AGED; POINT OF CARE SYSTEM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME FACTOR; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NURSING HOMES; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84938212161     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-015-0564-2     Document Type: Article

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