Mini-Mental State Examination: a 30-year story

Thirty years after its publication, the Mini-Mental State Examination is still the most widespread and reliable instrument of cognitive assessment in geriatric clinical practice. Here we discuss the causes of its wide acceptance and diffusion all over the world until today and the reasons for using...

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Published inAging clinical and experimental research Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 271 - 273
Main Authors Mossello, Enrico, Boncinelli, Marta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany Springer Nature B.V 01.08.2006
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Aged
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - physiopathology
Dementia - diagnosis
Dementia - physiopathology
Geriatric Assessment
Geriatric psychology
History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Intelligence Tests - history
Intelligence Tests - standards
New York
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surveys and Questionnaires
New York
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Summary:Thirty years after its publication, the Mini-Mental State Examination is still the most widespread and reliable instrument of cognitive assessment in geriatric clinical practice. Here we discuss the causes of its wide acceptance and diffusion all over the world until today and the reasons for using it also in the forthcoming years.
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ISSN:1594-0667
1720-8319
DOI:10.1007/BF03324660