The Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) is an interviewer-administered 30-item screening examination to assess cognitive status and to track cognitive impairment or recovery over time. Although the MMSE is typically used to screen for mental impairment in older adults, the test can be administered to ...
First Online:31 July 2019 pp 1–4 Cite this living reference work entry Encyclopedia of Gerontology and Population Aging Margaret E. Wiggins& Catherine Price 112Accesses Synonym MMSE Definition The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was developed by Folstein et al. (1975) as an examination of...
The Modified Mini Mental State (3MS), a screening test for cognitive abilities, can be administered in approximately 10 minutes and has a score range of 0-100. Early detection of cognitive impairment is important for clinical care. An individual's score change over time can also help assess ...
Mini Mental State Examination Described in detail by Folstein and colleagues,56this test is a frequently used measure of general cognitive status that examines orientation (time and space) and memory, the ability to follow instructions, name objects, and write a sentence, as well as attention. Th...
The Mini-Mental Exam (Mini-ME)doi:10.1300/J018v27n01_02This research explored the possibility that a short and unobtrusive test of cognitive functioning might be developed for use when cognitive data are not available or in nonclinical surveys of the elderly. Drawing on data from an ...
In spite of its small scope, the MMS (mini-mental state) test appears in the case of this study as a reliable, consistent and a valid one. For its practical use, the preliminary Czech norms are at the disposal now, enabling to record both the moderate, and the serious memory disorders...
Accuracy of the Mini- Mental Status Examination as a screening test for dementia in a Swedish elderly population. Acta Neurol Scand 1993;87:312-7.Grut M, Fratiglioni L, Viitanen M, Winblad B. Accuracy of the Mini- Mental Status Examination as a screening test for dementia in a Swedish ...
This study was conducted to estimate screening performance of dementia screening tools including Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test (CDT) and Ascertain Dementia 8 questionnaire (AD8) for older adults. 2015 participants aged 65 years or more in eastern China were en...
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) were administered to 217 Veterans Affairs (VA) Nursing Home patients, 104 of whom did not carry a diagnosis associated with brain impairment, and 113 who had a diagnosis associated with degenerative...
The Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS) was developed by Teng and Chui (1987) and is an expanded version of the Mini-Mental Status Exam (MMSE) designed to increase the MMSE’s sensitivity. The 3MS incorporates four added test items, more graded scoring, and some other minor changes...