Educational bias in the assessment of severe dementia: Brazilian cutoffs for severe Mini-Mental State Examination

Educational bias in the assessment of severe dementia: Brazilian cutoffs for severe Mini-Mental State Examination

Cognitive assessment in advanced stages of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is limited by the imprecision of most instruments. Objective: To determine objective cognitive responses in moderate and severe AD patients by way of the Severe Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE), and to correlate performances...

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Main Authors: José Roberto Wajman, Fabricio Ferreira de Oliveira, Rodrigo Rizek Schultz, Sheilla de Medeiros Correia Marin, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 2014-04-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Subjects:
doença de Alzheimer
demência
transtornos cognitivos
testes neuropsicológicos
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