The Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment (Qmci) screen: developing a new screening test for mild cognitive impairment and dementia


Autoria(s): O'Caoimh, Rónán
Contribuinte(s)

Molloy, D. William

Timmons, Suzanne

Data(s)

08/01/2016

2015

2015

Resumo

Introduction: Identifying mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is challenging. Few short instruments have sufficient sensitivity and specificity for use in busy clinical practice. This thesis explores the development, psychometric evaluation and validation of a new short (3–5 min) cognitive screening instrument, designed to screen for MCI and early dementia, called the Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment (Q

Accepted Version

Not peer reviewed

Formato

application/pdf

Identificador

O'Caoimh, R. 2015. The Quick Mild Cognitive Impairment (Qmci) screen: developing a new screening test for mild cognitive impairment and dementia. PhD Thesis, University College Cork.

310

http://hdl.handle.net/10468/2170

Idioma(s)

en

en

Publicador

University College Cork

Direitos

© 2015, Rónán O'Caoimh.

Palavras-Chave #Cognitive screening #Dementia #Mild cognitive impairment
Tipo

Doctoral thesis

Doctoral

PhD (Medicine and Health)