One Size Does Not Fit All: Comparative Diagnostic Accuracy of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale and the Mini Mental State Examination in a Memory Clinic Population with Very Low Education

BACKGROUND: Diagnosing dementia in elderly immigrants is often difficult due to language and cultural barriers, low education, and illiteracy. We compared the diagnostic accuracy of the Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) to that of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). METHODS:...

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Autores principales: Goudsmit, Miriam, van Campen, Jos, Schilt, Thelma, Hinnen, Chris, Franzen, Sanne, Schmand, Ben
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: S. Karger AG 2018
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Original Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6180264/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30323830
http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000490174

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