title: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE): scaling the MMSE using item response theory (IRT).
authors.affiliation: Columbia University Stroud Center, Faculty of Medicine, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, NY, USA. Teresimeas@aol.com
authors.forename: Jeanne A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Teresi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015982:Bias; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity