The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is superior to the MiniMental State Examination in detecting patients at higher risk of dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1749-1755

  Dong, YanHong ^a,d   Lee, Wah Yean ^a   Basri, Nur Adilah ^a   Collinson, Simon Lowes ^b   Merchant, Reshma A ^c   Venketasubramanian, Narayanaswamy ^c   Chen, Christopher Li Hsian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HEALTH SYSTEM   (Singapore)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

memory clinics; mild cognitive impairment; screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW RISK POPULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MENTAL COMPETENCY; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROC CURVE; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84866721334     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212001068     Document Type: Article

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