Detecting Change over Time: A Comparison of the SLUMS Examination and the MMSE in Older Adults at Risk for Cognitive Decline.

CONCLUSION: Our large, longitudinal data set allowed us to compare the tests' stability, which differed between the SLUMS and MMSE. The MMSE may be more sensitive than the SLUMS to 1-year cognitive changes influencing functional abilities.
PMID: 26861416 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: CNS Neuroscience and Therapeutics - February 10, 2016 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Howland M, Tatsuoka C, Smyth KA, Sajatovic M Tags: CNS Neurosci Ther Source Type: research