Diagnostic accuracy, effectiveness and cost for cognitive impairment and dementia screening of three short cognitive tests applicable to illiterates.

BACKGROUND: Illiteracy, a universal problem, limits the utilization of the most widely used short cognitive tests. Our objective was to assess and compare the effectiveness and cost for cognitive impairment (CI) and dementia (DEM) screening of three short cognitive tests applicable to illiterates. M...

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Main Authors: Cristóbal Carnero-Pardo, Beatriz Espejo-Martínez, Samuel López-Alcalde, María Espinosa-García, Carmen Sáez-Zea, Elisa Hernández-Torres, José Luis Navarro-Espigares, Rosa Vílchez-Carrillo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3206887?pdf=render