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P4‐074: Correlation of SMC and OCI in dementia screening in urban community: Yangcheon‐gu in seoul
Author(s) -
Go Seungah
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2009.04.843
Subject(s) - dementia , medicine , memory impairment , cognitive impairment , clinical dementia rating , family history , population , cognition , stroke (engine) , gerontology , disease , demography , psychology , pediatrics , psychiatry , environmental health , sociology , engineering , mechanical engineering
correlation between MMSE subscores and other tests except GDS. Detailed subscale analysis has been made also. Conclusions: Our findings revealed a need for the development of brief and efficient cognitive screening instruments (at least good applied MMSE and additional one structural or visio-spatial test) that are applicable by professionals other than consultant for diagnosis of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) in community based studies.