Clinical Utility of the Informant AD8 as a Dementia Case Finding Instrument in Primary Healthcare

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-127

  Chan, Qun Lin ^a,b   Xu, Xin ^a,b   Shaik, Muhammad Amin ^a,b   Chong, Steven Shih Tsze ^c   Hui, Richard Jor Yeong ^c   Chen, Christopher Li Hsian ^a,b   Dong, Yanhong ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL HEALTHCARE GROUP   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

AD8; case finding; dementia; primary healthcare

Indexed keywords

AD8 SCORE; ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CASE FINDING; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA ASSESSMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; TASK PERFORMANCE; LANGUAGE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGAPORE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84948694145     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-150390     Document Type: Article

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