The montreal cognitive assessment and the mini-mental state examination as screening instruments for cognitive impairment: Item analyses and threshold scores

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 126-131

  Damian, Anne M ^a   Jacobson, Sandra A ^b   Hentz, Joseph G ^c   Belden, Christine M ^b   Shill, Holly A ^b   Sabbagh, Marwan N ^b   Caviness, John N ^c   Adler, Charles H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SUN HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; Mini Mental State Examination; Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL STRESS MANAGEMENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; PHYSICIAN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEWY BODY DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PARKINSON DISEASE; REFERENCE VALUES; ROC CURVE;

EID: 79251537166     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000323867     Document Type: Article

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