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The combination of cognitive testing and an informant questionnaire in screening for dementia
Author(s)Richard Knafelc, Dina Lo Giudice, Susan Harrigan
Journal titleAge and Ageing, vol 32, no 5, September 2003
Pagespp 541-547
KeywordsCognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Dementia ; Screening ; Australia.
Annotation323 Australian memory clinic patients were assessed with two dementia screening instruments. A combination of an informant report (the short form of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly - IQ code) and a direct screen (the Mini-Mental Status Examination - MMSE) performed better than the informant report alone, but no better than the direct screen alone. (RH).
Accession NumberCPA-031022206 A
ClassmarkDA: 4C: EA: 3V: 7YA

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