Noroozian, Maryam https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6182-2735
Reisberg, Barry
Farhadi, Akram
Sharifi, Farshad
Sadeghi Zangeneh, Arghavan
Mohammadi, Maryam
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institute on Aging (P30 AG08051)
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (AG03051)
Article History
Received: 22 December 2020
Accepted: 23 April 2021
First Online: 21 June 2021
Declarations
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: Dr. Barry Reisberg is the developer and copyright holder of the Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) assessment used in this study.
: All the participants signed the informed consent after receiving explanations of the study objectives and the nature of the evaluations. In the subjects with an MMSE score < 24, the informed consent was also signed by the primary legal guardian. All data gathered in this study was considered confidential and the documents and files were stored in privacy secured locations and/or computer files.
: In the publication of this study, the authors adhered to the international ethical code in authorships and ethical considerations of the Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), with the Ethical code: IR.TUMS.VCR.REC.1397.070. The study protocol followed the Declaration of Helsinki Ethical Principles for Medical Research.