Diagnostic Performance of the Chinese Frontal Assessment Battery in Early Cognitive Impairment in an Asian Population
Author(s) -
Mei Sian Chong,
Wee Shiong Lim,
S P Chan,
Lei Feng,
Mathew Niti,
Philip Yap,
Dannel Yeo,
Tze Pin Ng
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.026
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1421-9824
pISSN - 1420-8008
DOI - 10.1159/000321665
Subject(s) - dementia , cutoff , cognitive impairment , psychology , cognition , receiver operating characteristic , chinese population , audiology , medicine , psychiatry , disease , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , genotype , gene
The Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB) has been shown to be useful in evaluating frontal dysfunction. There is a paucity of studies validating cutoffs in the early cognitive impairment. We aim to validate the Chinese FAB in Asian subjects with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and early dementia.
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