Accuracy of a brief neuropsychological battery for the diagnosis of dementia and mild cognitive impairment: An analysis of the nedices cohort

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 163-173

  Serna, Adriana ^a   Contador, Israel ^a   Bermejo Pareja, Felix ^b,c,d   Mitchell, Alex J ^e   Fernández Calvo, Bernardino ^f   Ramos, Francisco ^a   Villarejo, Alberto ^b,d   Benito León, Julian ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

^e LEICESTERSHIRE PARTNERSHIP NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dementia; Memory; Mild cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological assessment; Population based study; Test accuracy

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; TRAIL MAKING TEST; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SPAIN; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH PLANNING; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; ROC CURVE; SPAIN;

EID: 84940992486     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150086     Document Type: Article

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