Norms for the mini-mental state examination: Adjustment of the cut-off point in population-based studies (evidences from the Bambuí health aging study)

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 66, Issue 3 A, 2008, Pages 524-528

  Castro Costa, Érico ^a,b,c,d   Fuzikawa, Cíntia ^a   Uchoa, Elizabeth ^a   Firmo, Josélia Oliveira Araújo ^a   Lima Costa, Maria Fernanda ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b Faculty of Health and Human Ecology   (Brazil)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cognitive symptoms; Elderly; Epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 52949145987     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2008000400016     Document Type: Article

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