Assessing cognitive changes in the elderly: reliable change indices for the Mini-Mental State Examination.

Abstract

The diagnosis of dementia includes evidence of decline in cognitive functioning over time measured by objective cognitive tasks. Normative data for changes adjusted for the impact of socio-demographic factors on cognitive test performance are lacking to interpret changes in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) test scores.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number3
ISSN0001-690X
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22375927