Should the Mini Mental State Examination be used to monitor dementia treatments?

Authors
Bowie, P Branton, T Holmes, J
Citation
P. Bowie et al., Should the Mini Mental State Examination be used to monitor dementia treatments?, LANCET, 354(9189), 1999, pp. 1527-1528
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
General & Internal Medicine","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
LANCET
ISSN journal
01406736 → ACNP
Volume
354
Issue
9189
Year of publication
1999
Pages
1527 - 1528
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-6736(19991030)354:9189<1527:STMMSE>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
The test-retest and inter-rater reliabilities of the Mini Mental State Exam ination were found inadequate for detecting small changes in cognition, mak ing this test inappropriate for assessing treatment response in Alzheimer's disease.