title: Mini-Mental State Examination: a 30-year story.
abstract: Thirty years after its publication, the Mini-Mental State Examination is still the most widespread and reliable instrument of cognitive assessment in geriatric clinical practice. Here we discuss the causes of its wide acceptance and diffusion all over the world until today and the reasons for using it also in the forthcoming years.
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mossello
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boncinelli
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000266:history* / Q000592:standards*; D009518:New York; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires