Community screening for dementia: The Mini Mental State Exam (MMSE) and modifed Mini-mental State Exam (3MS) compared

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 377-383

  McDowell, I ^a   Kristjansson, B ^a   Hill, G B ^a   Hebert R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Epidemiology and Community Medicine ^*

Author keywords

Aging; Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Screening test; Sensitivity; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SCREENING TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONTARIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030969110     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(97)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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