Handbook of Assessment in Clinical Gerontology || Screening Instruments and Brief Batteries for Dementia
โ Scribed by Mast, Benjamin T.
- Book ID
- 118253602
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Year
- 2010
- Weight
- 895 KB
- Category
- Article
- ISBN
- 0123749611
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๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
Objective. To determine the positive predictive value of the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE), the Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) and the Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) for dementia in dierent clinical settings. Design. Sensitivity and speciยฎcity of tests
## Abstract ## Objective Brief screening tools for dementia for use by nonโspecialists in primary care have yet to be validated in nonโwestern settings where cultural factors and limited education may complicate the task. We aimed to derive a brief version of cognitive and informant scales from th