Combining functional scales and cognitive tests in screening for mild cognitive impairment at a university-based memory clinic in Brazil Combinação de escalas funcionais e testes cognitivos para rastreio de comprometimento cognitivo leve em ambulatório universitário de memória no Brasil

Combining functional scales and cognitive tests in screening for mild cognitive impairment at a university-based memory clinic in Brazil Combinação de escalas funcionais e testes cognitivos para rastreio de comprometimento cognitivo leve em ambulatório universitário de memória no Brasil

OBJECTIVE: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of the Mini-Mental State Examination combined to the Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly for the identification of mild cognitive impairment. METHOD: 191 elderly subjects were assessed with the Mini-Mental State Examination, and...

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Main Authors: Izabella Dutra de Abreu, Paula Villela Nunes, Breno Satler Diniz, Orestes Vicente Forlenza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2008-12-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
Subjects:
Psicogeriatria
Demência
Escalas
Testes neuropsicólogicos
Diagnóstico
Geriatric psychiatry
Dementia
Scales
Neuropsychological tests
Diagnosis
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