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What is the correlation between the MMSE and RBANS in patients referred for dementia evaluation?
What is the correlation between the MMSE and RBANS in patients referred for dementia evaluation?
The MMSE correlates moderately with the RBANS, suggesting it functions best as a measure of global cognitive functioning.
Supports MMSE as brief global screen in dementia referrals; leaves open domain-specific assessment versus RBANS.
The current study examined the relationship between the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in a large, heterogeneous sample of patients referred for dementia assessment (N = 495; 37% males, 63% females; M age = 76.8 years, SD = 7.0). The MMSE showed a significant moderate correlation with the RBANS Total Scale score (r = .65). Moderate significant correlations were found between the MMSE and the RBANS indexes (r = .41 to .49). The MMSE demonstrated moderate correlations with RBANS factor scores of .63 for Factor 1 (memory/learning) and .58 for Factor 2 (visuospatial/attention). These correlations suggest that the MMSE is best considered a measure of global cognitive functioning with the strongest correlations between broader measures.
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