Is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test better suited than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) detection among people aged over 60? Meta-analysis

Ciesielska, Natalia; Sokołowski, Remigiusz; Mazur, Ewelina; Podhorecka, Marta; Polak-Szabela, Anna; Kędziora–Kornatowska, Kornelia

doi:10.12740/pp/45368

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Is the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test better suited than the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) detection among people aged over 60? Meta-analysis

Published in Psychiatria Polska • Oct 31, 2016

Authors:

Natalia Ciesielska

Remigiusz Sokołowski

Ewelina Mazur

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Screening tests play a crucial role in dementia diagnostics, thus they should be very sensitive for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) assessment. Nowadays, the MiniMental State Examination (MMSE) is the most commonly used scale in cognitive function evaluation, albeit it is claimed to be i...

Subject

Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Dementia

Mini–Mental State Examination

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