AIM A cognitive test and an informant report questionnaire were used together to investigate whether their combined use could improve the accuracy of detecting dementia in a memory clinic, compared with either test used alone. METHOD The subjects were 323 patients assessed at a memory clinic. The Mini-Mental State Examination and the short form of the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decl...

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OBJECTIVE Neurocognitive deficits are now recognized as part of the fundamental disturbances and are a major determinant of functional outcome in psychosis. A cross-sectional association between cognitive deficits and poor social and occupational outcomes has been demonstrated; and treatment of cognitive impairment at the time of the first episode may have the potential to change functional out...

INTRODUCTION Short cognitive tests are routinely used in clinical practice to detect and screen for cognitive impairment and dementia. These cognitive tests should meet minimum criteria for both applicability and psychometric qualities. DEVELOPMENT The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the most frequently applied short cognitive test, and the article introducing it remains a milestone i...

The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used to measure dementia severity in Alzheimer's disease patients. While changes over time in the MMSE due to dementia have been studied, the relationship between MMSE scores and the duration of disease course is less well understood. Using the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Disease (CERAD) data, we modelled change in MMSE a...

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a widely used screening test for cognitive impairment, but is heavily biased by education. Educational level has frequently been ranked using years of schooling, which may not be a good indirect measure of educational level because there is great heterogeneity in standards of schooling among populations and across regions of the same country. S-TOFHLA...

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...

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...