The validity of psychometric instruments
The validity of psychometric instruments for detection of dementia in the elderly general population
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R. Heun; A. Papassotiropoulos; F. Jennssen
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Article
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1998
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Objective: To compare the validity of different instruments for screening and diagnosis of dementia and to provide threshold scores for these purposes, ie screening focusing on a high sensitivity and diagnosis focusing on a high specificity. ## Setting: 287 subjects from a general population s