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The mini‐mental state examination: Normative study of an Italian random sample

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In this paper, the authors provided a set of normative data on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) from a random sample of 906 normal, healthy subjects of both sexes, 20 to 79 years of age.
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We provide a set of normative data on the Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE) from a random sample of 906 normal, healthy subjects of both sexes, 20 to 79 years of age. Subjects were selected in six Italian cities and in the Republic of San Marino. Results show the significant influence of sociodemographic variables, such as age and education, on MMSE performance. We used Multiple Linear Regression Analyses to correct MMSE normative values for these demographic effects. The analyses allow us to specify cutoff scores for distinguishing “normal” performance from “borderline” and pathologic performance.

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“Mini-mental state”: A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician

TL;DR: A simplified, scored form of the cognitive mental status examination, the “Mini-Mental State” (MMS) which includes eleven questions, requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.

A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician

TL;DR: The Mini-Mental State (MMS) as mentioned in this paper is a simplified version of the standard WAIS with eleven questions and requires only 5-10 min to administer, and is therefore practical to use serially and routinely.
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Development and validation of a geriatric depression screening scale: A preliminary report

TL;DR: A new Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) designed specifically for rating depression in the elderly was tested for reliability and validity and compared with the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRS-D) and the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale(SDS) as discussed by the authors.
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Limits of the 'Mini-Mental State' as a screening test for dementia and delirium among hospital patients

TL;DR: The MMSE's value as a screen instrument for dementia and delirium when later, more intensive diagnostic enquiry is possible is confirmed; earlier suggestions that the MMSE alone cannot yield a diagnosis for these conditions are reinforced.
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The prevalence of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in Shanghai, China: Impact of age, gender, and education

TL;DR: The findings indicate that the prevalence of dementia in Shanghai is very much higher than figures published earlier for China and Japan, and at the lower part of the range of values reported for community residents in the United States and other Western countries, but less than half of that reported in the recently published survey of the elderly in East Boston.
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