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Validation of a functional screening instrument for dementia in an elderly sri lankan population: comparison of modified bristol and blessed activities of daily living scales

BACKGROUND: Cognitive tests have been used in population surveys as first stage screens for dementia but are biased by education. However functional ability scales are less biased by education than the cognitive scale and thus can be used in screening for dementia. OBJECTIVE: To validate Activities...

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Autores principales: Umayal, S, Kulathunga, M, Somaratne, S, Srikanth, S, Kathriarachchi, S, De Silva, Ranil
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2987868/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20974013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-0500-3-268

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