Can we forget the Mini-Mental State Examination? A systematic review of the validity of cognitive screening instruments within one month after stroke.

CONCLUSION: None of the existing instruments fulfils all criteria. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment is the best candidate at present, provided items measuring speed of information processing are added, and further studies investigating the optimal cut-offs are conducted. PMID: 25381346 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Clinical Rehabilitation - November 7, 2014 Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Van Heugten CM, Walton L, Hentschel U Tags: Clin Rehabil Source Type: research