title: The Test Your Memory (TYM) Test Outperforms the MMSE in the Detection of MCI and Dementia.
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy and clinical usability of a Dutch translation of the Test Your Memory (TYM) test in patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and dementia as compared to the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), in the setting of the memory clinic of a general hospital.
  
  
  
  Fourty-two participants referred to the memory clinic with memory problems and fourty-two healthy controls were assessed using the TYM and the MMSE. We evaluated the sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy of the TYM and MMSE. Both instruments were tested against recently established clinical diagnostic criteria of MCI, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD).
  
  
  
  The TYM demonstrated to be more sensitive in detecting dementia than the MMSE. The TYM also was better at discriminating between healthy controls and patients with MCI than the MMSE.
  
  
  
  Our data suggest that the TYM is more suitable as a practical tool for the early detection of dementia than the MMSE.
authors.affiliation: Department of Science, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: van de Zande
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Zorg- Saam Zeeuws-Vlaanderen, Terneuzen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Joseph Cornelis Maria
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: van de Nes
authors.affiliation: Department of Science, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ingeborg
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jansen
authors.affiliation: Department of Science, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Margje Nouelle
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: van den Berg
authors.affiliation: Department of Science, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Anne Floor
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Zwart
authors.affiliation: Department of Science, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bimmel
authors.affiliation: Department of Science, University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerrit Tjalling
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Rijkers
authors.affiliation: University College Roosevelt, Department of Science, P.O. Box 94, 4330 AB Middelburg, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gerda
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Andringa
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000073216:Mental Status and Dementia Tests; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012372:ROC Curve; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014175:Translating
keywords: Alzheimer's disease; Test your memory test; dementia; early detection; mild cognitive
  impairment; mini-mental state examination