Open AccessThe combination of cognitive testing and an informant questionnaire in screening for dementia
Author(s) -
R. Knafelc,
Dina Lo Giudice,
Susy Harrigan,
Roslyn Cook,
Leon Flicker,
Andrew Mackin,
David Ames
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afg088
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , memory clinic , cognition , cognitive test , test (biology) , cognitive impairment , clinical psychology , gerontology , psychiatry , family medicine , disease , paleontology , biology
A cognitive test and an informant report questionnaire were used together to investigate whether their combined use could improve the accuracy of detecting dementia in a memory clinic, compared with either test used alone.
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