Why the study?
Does the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) as a stand-alone single-administration test predict the development of dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)?
Population
People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)
Design
Review
Authors
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Clinicians should not rely on single MMSE to predict dementia progression in MCI; leaves open need for validated multi-domain tools.
Does the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) as a stand-alone single-administration test predict the development of dementia in people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI)?
The MMSE is insufficient as a standalone test to predict which patients with mild cognitive impairment will progress to dementia.
Arévalo-Rodríguez et al. (2015) studied this question.
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