Beyond Screening: Can the Mini-Mental State Examination be Used as an Exclusion Tool in a Memory Clinic?

Beyond Screening: Can the Mini-Mental State Examination be Used as an Exclusion Tool in a Memory Clinic?

This study explores whether the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) could reliably exclude definite dementia and dementia-free cases from requiring more extensive neuropsychological investigations in memory clinic settings in Singapore. Patients with memory complaints referred for possible dementia...

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Main Authors: Xin Xu, Eddie Chong, Saima Hilal, Mohammad Kamran Ikram, Narayanaswamy Venketasubramanian, Christopher Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-11-01
Series:Diagnostics
Subjects:
dementia
cognitive assessment
Mini-Mental State Examination
memory clinic
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4418/5/4/475

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