Combined instruments for the screening of dementia in older people with low Education Instrumentos combinados para o rastreio de demência em idosos com baixo nível educacional

Combined instruments for the screening of dementia in older people with low Education Instrumentos combinados para o rastreio de demência em idosos com baixo nível educacional

OBJECTIVE: To determine which combination of cognitive tests and informant reports can improve the diagnostic accuracy of dementia screening in low educated older people. METHOD: Patients with mild to moderate dementia (n=34) according to ICD-10 and DSM-III-R criteria and 59 older controls were asse...

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Main Authors: Cássio M.C. Bottino, Sonia E. Zevallos-Bustamante, Marcos A. Lopes, Dionisio Azevedo, Sérgio R. Hototian, Wilson Jacob-Filho, Julio Litvoc
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2009-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
demência
rastreio
testes cognitivos
relato de informantes
dementia
screening
cognitive tests
informant report
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