Standardized mini-mental state examination scores and verbal memory performance at a memory center: Implications for cognitive screening

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 145-152

  Lacy, Maureen ^a   Kaemmerer, Tobias ^b   Czipri, Sheena ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognitive screening; dementia; HVLT R; mild cognitive impairment; MMSE

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HOPKINS VERBAL LEARNING TEST REVISED; HUMAN; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY ASSESSMENT; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RECALL; RECOGNITION; STANDARDIZATION; VERBAL MEMORY; WIDE RANGE ACHIEVEMENT TEST; DEVICES; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STANDARD; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84924974384     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: 19382731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317514539378     Document Type: Article

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