Correlation between age and MMSE in schizophrenia

• Published in: International psychogeriatrics Vol. 27; no. 11; pp. 1769 - 1775
• Main Authors: Maltais, Jean-Robert, Gagnon, Geneviève, Garant, Marie-Pierre, Trudel, Jean-François
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.11.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Cognition Disorders - complications; Correlation analysis; Geriatric psychology; Humans; Institutionalization - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Neuropsychological Tests; Outpatients - psychology; Outpatients - statistics & numerical data; Schizophrenia; Schizophrenia - complications; Schizophrenia - diagnosis; Schizophrenic Psychology; cognition (neuro-cognitive functions); schizophrenia; aging; Mini-Mental State Examination; review

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used in schizophrenia, although normative data are lacking in this population. This review and meta-regression analysis studies the effect of aging on MMSE scores in schizophrenic patients. We entered the search terms schizophrenia and MMSE in PubMe...