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Assessment of cognitive status in the elderly using telephone interviews

Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und GeriatriePublished 1 October 2005
Desiree Debling, Manfred Amelang, Petra Hasselbach, T. Stürmer
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TL;DR

Cognitive status could be successfully assessed by telephone interview in elderly participants of an ongoing population-based cohort study, and some of the tests showed pronounced variability allowing cross-sectional analyses whereas others seem more valuable for longitudinal assessment.

Abstract

Cognitive status could be successfully assessed by telephone interview in elderly participants of an ongoing population-based cohort study. Specifically, some of the tests showed pronounced variability allowing cross-sectional analyses whereas others seem more valuable for longitudinal assessment.

Keywords

PsychologySocial SciencesMedicine