Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) for the detection ofAlzheimer?s disease and other dementias in people with mildcognitive impairment (MCI)

AREVALO-RODRIGUEZ I,; SMAILAGIC N,; ROQUE IFM,; CIAPPONI A

COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS (ONLINE : UPDATE SOFTWARE)

JOHN WILEY & SONS LTD

Lugar: LOndres; Año: 2015

1469-493X

BackgroundDementia is a progressive global cognitive impairment syndrome. In 2010, more than 35 million people worldwide were estimatedto be living with dementia. Some people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) will progress to dementia but others remain stableor recover full function. There is great interest in finding good predictors of dementia in people with MCI. The Mini-Mental StateExamination (MMSE) is th e best-known and the most ofte n used sh ort screening tool for providing an overall measure of cognitiveimpairment in clinical, research and community settings.ObjectivesTo determine the diagnostic accuracy of the MMSE at various thresholds for detecting individuals with baseline MCI who wouldclinically convert to dementia in general, Alzheimer?s disease deme ntia or other forms of dementia at follow-up.