Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1469-1477 , September 2009

Validation of the Revised Quick Cognitive Screening Test

Presented to the Canadian Colloquium on Dementia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 18–20, 2007.

  • C. Charles Mate-Kole, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to C. Charles Mate-Kole, PhD, Dept of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, 1615 Stanley St, New Britain, CT 06050
    • ,
  • James Conway, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
    • ,
  • Katherine Catayong, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
    • Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT
    • ,
  • Rachel Bieu, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
    • Olin Neuropsychiatry Research Center, The Institute of Living, Hartford, CT
    • ,
  • Naa Amerley Sackey, BA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Drexel University, PA
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  • Rebecca Wood, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT
    • ,
  • Robert Fellows, MA

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT

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 Supported by the Central Connecticut State University American Association of University Professors.

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2009.02.007

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Volume 90, Issue 9 , Pages 1469-1477 , September 2009

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