Brief cognitive screening of the elderly : A comparison of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) and Mental Status Questionnaire (MSQ)

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 427-430

  Mackenzie, D M ^a   Copp, P ^b   Shaw, R J ^b   Goodwin, G M ^b  

^a ROYAL EDINBURGH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MENTAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL CLASS; STROKE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCOTLAND;

EID: 0029919510     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0033291700034826     Document Type: Article

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