A Clinical Comparison of Tests of Organicity in Elderly Patients

1 November 1976

journal article
research article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Gerontology

Vol. 31 (6) , 654-659
https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/31.6.654

Abstract

Four cognitive tests are examined for their usefulness in quantifying and standardizing clinically significant Organic Brain Syndromes in elderly medical/surgical patients. The SPMSQ developed by Pfeiffer proved to be one of the more useful instruments for the clinician in need of a brief, objective OBS measure for elderly patients.

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