## Abstract ## Objective To compare the dementia screening performance of two scoring systems of the clock drawing test. ## Methods A sample of 1199 elderly subjects was administered the clock drawing test as part of a study on aging and dementia. The clock drawings were scored using published c
Comparing accuracies of two screening tests in a two-phase study for dementia
β Scribed by Xiao-Hua Zhou
- Book ID
- 108547775
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 325 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0035-9254
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