The patient was then assessed with the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) using a cut-off point of 21. Results Prevalence of dementia among 155 subjects was 52.3% by EDQ and 15.5% by MMSE.

An average of 3 months later, 240 of the 280 took the MMSE again. Subsequently, 57 of these 240 were diagnosed with dementia (AD, 48; vascular dementia, 4; other dementias, 5), and the remainder ...

Introduced in 2005, the MoCA test is an update from the older Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) introduced in 1975. It contains 30 questions and takes 10 minutes to complete. While the MOCA test is ...

Current guidelines still recommend the use of the Minimental State Evaluation Test (MMSE) as screening test, but it has a modest sensitivity and specificity for identifying mild cognitive impairment.

The mini–mental state examination (MMSE) or Folstein test is another tool that can be used. It is a 30-point questionnaire used to measure cognitive impairment. It will not diagnose dementia on ...

Autopsy-based diagnoses were available for 20 cases. Cognitive decline for up to 5 years was assessed using the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).

Patients with vascular dementia treated with galantamine improved over baseline. By contrast, patients with AD treated with galantamine did not change but the placebo group worsened. A similar effect ...

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) used to be the most commonly used test ... This could mean that you do not have dementia, but it does not rule it out completely. If your dementia is in an ...

Second, the lower bar for ceasing treatment has been changed from MMSE 12 to 10, more consistent with the evidence base. Third, under new guidance there is no requirement to maintain only responders ...

21 31 39 Bhatnagar and Frank noted that there is a lack of cultural adaptation of dementia measures for South Asians, which may result in high false-positive and false-negative diagnoses, which may ...

The test is harder than the MMSE and less informative in people with moderate to severe dementia as their ability to complete the task rapidly falls away. The MoCA is used primarily for the early ...