[Effectiveness of the Mini-Mental State for detection of cognitive impairment in Primary Care.]

CONCLUSION: The DA of the MMS for detection of CI in PC was modest and did not improve with adjustment of the score by age and education. The best cut-off point was 22/23, inferior to the usually recommended cut-off.
PMID: 23870551 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Atencion Primaria - July 16, 2013 Category: Primary Care Authors: Carnero Pardo C, Cruz Orduña I, Espejo Martínez B, Cárdenas Viedma S, Torrero García P, Olazarán Rodríguez J Tags: Aten Primaria Source Type: research