BACKGROUND/AIMS We tested the utility of the Mini-Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (M-ACE) in a cohort of older adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes. METHOD The M-ACE was administered to 112 CKD and diabetes patients attending a nephrology clinic. Cognitive impairment was based upon patient, informant, and case review, neuropsychological assessment, and application of crit...

The Mini-Mental State examination has been found to be a quick and valuable test for simple bedside screening, and for serial assessment of cognitive function in a population of 126 neurological patients. Amongst those with cognitive impairment, there was a close relation between the Mini-Mental State examination and the conventional Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS). However, the Mini-M...

Submit Manuscript | http://medcraveonline.com Abbreviations: AD: Alzheimer’s Disease; CDR: Clinical Dementia Rating; MNA: Mini Nutritional Assessment; HDL: High Density Lipoprotein; LDL: Low Density Lipoprotein Levels; Aβ: Accumulation of Beta-Amyloid; NINCDS-ADRDA: National Institute of Neurologic and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders Associatio...

The Mini-Mental State (MMS) examination is a widely used screening test for dementia. The Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) incorporates four added test items, more graded scoring, and some other minor changes. These modifications are designed to sample a broader variety of cognitive functions, cover a wider range of difficulty levels, and enhance the reliability and the validity of the scores. ...

background: the electrical dose selected for electroconvulsive therapy (ect) must have an acceptable efficacy and no or minimal cognitive side-effects. we evaluated the clinical efficacy and cognitive side-effects of ect in relation to the stimulus dose administered.   method: this study assessed 71 depressed patients who were treated with bilateral ect. for evaluation of depressive and cogniti...

Scope To examine the association between milk and dairy products intake prevalence of cognitive decline among Spanish individuals at high cardiovascular risk. Methods results Cross-sectional analyses are performed on baseline data from 6744 adults (aged 55–75 years old). Intake is estimated using a food frequency questionnaire grouped into quartiles. The risk developing impairment based Mini-Me...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study is to investigate whether a combination of the Korean version of the mini-mental state examination (K-MMSE) and the Korean dementia screening questionnaire (KDSQ) is better than the use of test alone when differentiating patients with dementia from those without dementia in Korea. METHODS The subjects (patients without dementia, 1120; patients with dementia, 90...

I wish to respond to the remarks made by Olazarán and Bermejo in reference to the article ‘Should the Mini-Mental State Examination be retired?’. I must acknowledge that my arguments are based not only on my particular clinical experience (characterised by lack of time and a population with a low educational level) but also on other personal circumstances such as the fact that I created other s...

background : malnutrition represents an important issue in older adults; unfortunately, there is lack of data concerning this topic in lebanon. this paper aims to provide a description of nutritional status and its correlates in older adults living in long stay institutions situated in beirut. methods : this cross-sectional study was conducted in three long stay institutions in beirut in 2012. ...