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Cognitive Screening Instruments : A Practical Approach / edited by A. J. Larner.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medicine.
- General practice (Medicine).
- Neurology.
- Psychiatry.
- Neuropsychology.
- Medicine & Public Health.
- General Practice / Family Medicine.
- Local Subjects:
- Medicine & Public Health.
- Neurology.
- Psychiatry.
- Neuropsychology.
- General Practice / Family Medicine.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (X, 351 pages 21 illustrations, 9 illustrations in color.)
- Edition:
- Second Edition.
- Contained In:
- Springer eBooks
- Place of Publication:
- Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
- System Details:
- text file PDF
- Summary:
- This revised and updated second edition provides a practical and structured overview of some of the most commonly used and easily available cognitive screening instruments applicable in the outpatient clinic and bedside setting. It now includes additional chapters on AD8 and also methodological aspects of systematic cognitive screening instrument assessment from the Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group. Expert authors from around the world equip the reader with clear instructions on the usage of each screening instrument, its strengths and weaknesses, and the time required for administration. Rules on scoring are also provided, such as how to correct for variations in the patient's age or education, and suggested cut-off scores. Cognitive Screening Instruments: A Practical Approach, Second Edition is aimed at both clinicians and professionals in disciplines allied to medicine who are called upon to assess patients with possible cognitive disorders, including neurologists, old age psychiatrists, neuropsychologists, primary care physicians, dementia support workers, and members of memory assessment teams.
- Contents:
- Section 1: Introduction
- Cognitive Screening Instruments: Rationale, Desiderata, Assessment
- Cochrane Dementia and Cognitive Improvement Group Assessment of Cognitive Screening Instruments
- Section 2: Patient performance-related tests
- Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
- MMSE variants and subscores
- Clock Drawing Test
- Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examinations (ACE)
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)
- DemTect
- Test Your Memory (TYM) test
- General Practitioner Cognitive Assessment (GPCOG)
- Six-item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT)
- Section 3: Informant-related scales
- Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE)
- AD8
- Section 4: Conclusion
- The Place of Cognitive Screening Instruments.
- Other Format:
- Printed edition:
- ISBN:
- 9783319447759
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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