Loading...

Why is Mini-Mental state examination performance correlated with estimated premorbid cognitive ability?

BACKGROUND: Tests requiring the pronunciation of irregular words are used to estimate premorbid cognitive ability in patients with clinical diagnoses, and prior cognitive ability in normal ageing. However, scores on these word-reading tests correlate with scores on the Mini-Mental State Examination...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Psychol Med
Main Authors: Dykiert, D., Der, G., Starr, J. M., Deary, I. J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Cambridge University Press 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988266/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27377546
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0033291716001045
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!