The reliability and validity of the mini-mental state examination in the elderly Croatian population

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 385-392

  Boban, Marina ^a   Malojčić, Branko ^a   Mimica, Ninoslav ^a,b   Vuković, Sunčica ^a   Zrilić, Ivan ^a   Hof, Patrick R ^c   Šimić, Goran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^b Psychiatric Hospital Vrap e   (Croatia)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Croatia; Cutoff point; Elderly population; Epidemiology; Mini Mental State Examination; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROATIA; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84863858470     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000339596     Document Type: Article

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