Screening for Alzheimer's disease in low-educated or illiterate older adults in Brazil: a systematic review

ABSTRACT Cognitive screening instruments are influenced by education and/or culture. In Brazil, as illiteracy and low education rates are high, it is necessary to identify the screening tools with the highest diagnostic accuracy for Alzheimer's disease (AD). Objective: To identify the cognitiv...

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Main Authors: Luciane de Fátima Viola Ortega, Ivan Aprahamian, Marcus Kiiti Borges, João de Castilho Cação, Mônica Sanches Yassuda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2019-05-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2019000400279&lng=en&tlng=en