Combining the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale and the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly to Improve Detection of Dementia in an Arabic-Speaking Population | Zendy

T. Rune Nielsen | Zendy; Thien Kieu Thi Phung | Zendy; Monique Chaaya | Zendy; Andrew Mackin | Zendy; Gunhild Waldemar | Zendy

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Combining the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale and the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly to Improve Detection of Dementia in an Arabic-Speaking Population

Author(s) -

T. Rune Nielsen,

Thien Kieu Thi Phung,

Monique Chaaya,

Andrew Mackin,

Gunhild Waldemar

Publication year - 2015

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 - 10.1159/000441649

Subject(s) - dementia , arabic , psychology , population , cognition , gerontology , medicine , psychiatry , disease , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health

The aim of this study was to assess whether combining the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) and Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) could improve diagnostic accuracy when screening for dementia in an Arabic-speaking population with low levels of literacy.

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