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Practical text for clinicians involved in patient assessment for dementia diagnosis
Explains in a step-by-step manner how to plan, execute, analyse and report a diagnostic test accuracy study in patients with possible cognitive impairment
Describes how to formulate the study question
Explains how to select study participants and operationalise test administration
Covers the rudiments of statistics required for study analysis
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book explains the key steps in planning and executing diagnostic test accuracy studies in dementia, with clear explanations of difficulties and pitfalls and with jargon clearly explained. The emphasis is on pragmatic diagnostic test accuracy studies which can be integrated into day-to-day clinical practice. The book is based on the author’s experience over more than 10 years, which has resulted in the publication of many diagnostic test accuracy studies.
The text is structured as for a research publication on a diagnostic test accuracy study (Introduction, Methods, Results, Discussion), with a final chapter on Future Prospects. Each of the chapters is devoted to a practical and structured overview of each of these steps in performing and writing up such a study.
Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia: A Pragmatic Approach is aimed at any clinician with an interest in dementia disorders: old age psychiatrists, geriatricians, neurologists, neuropsychologists and primary care physicians, as well as other professions allied to medicine. The book is also of interest to any clinician/researcher with an interest in diagnostic test accuracy studies.
Authors and Affiliations
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Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Cognitive Function Clinic, Liverpool, United Kingdom
A.J. Larner
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Diagnostic Test Accuracy Studies in Dementia
Book Subtitle: A Pragmatic Approach
Authors: A.J. Larner
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-16697-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36570-1Published: 06 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-16697-1Published: 02 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XV, 146
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 4 illustrations in colour
Topics: Neurology, Psychiatry, Geriatrics/Gerontology, Neuropsychology