A meta-analysis of the accuracy of the mini-mental state examination in the detection of dementia and mild cognitive impairment.

By A. Mitchell. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 2009

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Is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test better suited than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) detection among people aged over 60? Meta-analysis. (2016, methodology): “[8] in a meta-analysis evaluating the accuracy of MMSE in detecting MCI.”
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). (2015, methodology): “Later, Mitchell published a meta-analysis of cross-sectional studies of MMSE and reported different estimations of sensitivity and specificity according to the setting and population (Mitchell 2009).”
Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection of dementia in clinically unevaluated people aged 65 and over in community and primary care populations. (2016, methodology): “[DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD003154.pub5] Mitchell 2009 Mitchell AJ.”
Missed and Delayed Diagnosis of Dementia in Primary Care: Prevalence and Contributing Factors (2009, methodology): “Finally, we excluded one article that defined a diagnosis of dementia on the basis of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score in isolation, which has poor sensitivity in nonspecialist settings.(23) The remaining papers represented several types of quantitative (eg, diagnostic validation studies) ”