title: [Dementia evaluated by means of a mini-mental status examination. Clinical neurologic patient material].
abstract: The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) was administered to a neurological patient material with various disorders. The test was found useful for detecting cognitive impairment. The test did not differentiate reliably between different causes of cognitive impairment. To detect dementia a cut-off score of 25 or less yielded 100% sensitivity and 97% specificity. The validity of the DSM-III-diagnostic criteria for dementia, primary degenerative dementia and multi-infarct dementia was high. The modified ischemic score (MIS) seemed to be of limited value in differentiating primary degenerative dementia from multi-infarct dementia.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nissen
authors.forename: S I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Mellgren
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Selseth
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000175:diagnosis; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
vernacular_title: Demens evaluert med Mini mental status undersøkelse. Et klinisk neurologisk pasientmateriale.