Cargando…

Brief cognitive assessment in a UK population sample – distributional properties and the relationship between the MMSE and an extended mental state examination

BACKGROUND: Despite the MMSE's known flaws, it is still used extensively as both a screening instrument for dementia and a population measure of cognitive ability. The aim of this paper is to provide data on the distribution of MMSE scores in a representative sample from the UK population and t...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Huppert, Felicia A, Cabelli, Sara T, Matthews, Fiona E
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1134657/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15869717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2318-5-7