Diagnosing dementia in lower educated older persons: validation of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS)

Diagnosing dementia in lower educated older persons: validation of a Brazilian Portuguese version of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS)

Objective: To validate the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale for use in Brazil (RUDAS-BR). Methods: We first completed an English-Brazilian Portuguese translation and back-translation of the RUDAS. A total of 135 subjects over 60 years of age were included: 65 cognitively healthy and 70 w...

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Main Authors: Narahyana B. de Araujo, Thomas R. Nielsen, Knut Engedal, Maria L. Barca, Evandro S. Coutinho, Jerson Laks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2018-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Dementia
Alzheimer’s disease
education
psychiatric
tests/interviews
psychometric
cognitive neuroscience
diagnosis and classification
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