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This research aims to evaluate the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in elderly medical inpatients and to assess the MMSE's effectiveness as a screening tool.

January 1, 2010Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Mild Cognitive Impairment in Medical Inpatients: The Mini-Mental State Examination Is a Promising Screening Tool

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GMGian Marco De MarchisGoethe University Frankfurt GFGiuseppe FoderaroEnte Ospedaliero Cantonale JJJ. JemoraOspedale Regionale di Locarno

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Randomized trial assesses MCI prevalence in medical inpatients, suggesting important screening implications.

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This research aims to evaluate the prevalence of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in elderly medical inpatients and to assess the MMSE's effectiveness as a screening tool.
Neuropsychologists administered a 60-min battery of validated tests to assess cognitive domains.
MCI diagnosis was based on a prespecified algorithm.
Sensitivity and specificity of the MMSE for MCI were calculated.
78.6% of patients showed mild cognitive impairment (55 out of 70).
MMSE score of <=28 had a sensitivity of 85.5% and a specificity of 66.7% for identifying MCI.
Ward physicians did not document any MCI cases in discharge notes.

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Marchis et al. (2010) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0e9ecd2eca052da647a015 https://doi.org/10.1159/000288772

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