Patients: 541 people over the age of 50 years diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD; UK PD Society Brain Bank criteria) and mild to moderate PD related dementia (DSM-IV; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score 10–24). Exclusion criteria were: non-PD neurodegeneration; unstable medical comorbidity, disability, or dementia not related to PD; active, uncontrolled seizures; prior major depressi...

Participants: Two hundred four patients with AD (age range [mean±SD], 74±9 years) whose conditions were stable while receiving acetylcholine esterase inhibitor treatment and who had a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 15 points or more were randomized to daily intake of 1.7 g of docosahexaenoic acid and 0.6 g of eicosapentaenoic acid ( -3 fatty acid–treated group) or placebo for 6 m...

OBJECTIVE To demonstrate a practical approach to describing the threshold of mental capacity. METHOD A retrospective analysis of 62 cases of assessments for capacity to manage property was carried out to record the type and frequency of errors. RESULTS For items on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), there was no clear demarcation of items associated with a judgement of capable. On th...

[Purpose] The author investigated the relationship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and cognitive function in older adults requiring long-term care who were using daycare facilities. [Participants Methods] subjects 24 nursing commuted to Subjects’ age, sex, height, BMI, muscle mass, educational background, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology Competence Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) ...

Abstract This study aimed to verify the psychometric properties of Dysexecutive Questionnaire (DEX) through exploratory factor analysis (EFA), evidence reliability, and convergent validity, in a sample neurologically preserved older adults. Participants were 345 adults who answered, addition DEX, sociodemographic clinical questionnaire, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), two verbal fluency t...

The Mini-Mental State Examination is one of the most widely used screening tests for the adult population in daily neurologic practice. The aim of this study was to describe and to analyze the results of the Mini-Mental State Examination administered to Spanish children and to assess the relationship between Mini-Mental State Examination scores and the child's mental age/intelligence quotient. ...

INTRODUCTION Human aging is characterized by progressive decrease of the homeostatic reserves of every organ system with a possible impairment of cognitive functions. The study was aimed at examining and proving the correlations between cognitive failure and somatic diseases in patients belonging to geriatric population as well as at following the efficiency of treatment of somatic diseases by ...

This study investigates the association of vitamin D status with cognitive function and discusses potential mechanisms for such an effect. The relationship of vitamin B12 with cognition was also assessed. A retrospective review of older adults presenting to a university-affiliated clinic providing consultative assessments for memory problems was performed. Charts of all patients (n=80) presenti...

UNLABELLED We describe a three-year experience with patients with dementia. METHOD clinical, cognitive and functional evaluation was performed by a multidisciplinary team for persons above 60 years. Mortality was assessed after three years. RESULTS Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) (n=2,074) was 15.7 (8.4). Male patients MMSE (n=758) was 15.6 (8.3) and female's (n=1315) was 15.8 (8.3). I...

UNLABELLED Whereas an evaluation of quality of life and possible impacts on the mental state of a patient may help to evaluate the evolution of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP), the aim of this study was to study the psychological profile of patients, and evaluate quality of life associated with the disease. METHOD 41 patients were evaluated using a Mini-Mental State E...