Should the Mini Mental State Examination be used to monitor dementia treatments?

P Bowie; T Branton; J Holmes

doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03486-8

Should the Mini Mental State Examination be used to monitor dementia treatments?

Lancet. 1999 Oct 30;354(9189):1527-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03486-8.

Authors

P Bowie, T Branton, J Holmes

PMID: 10551506
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(99)03486-8

Abstract

The test-retest and inter-rater reliabilities of the Mini Mental State Examination were found inadequate for detecting small changes in cognition, making this test inappropriate for assessing treatment response in Alzheimer's disease.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Alzheimer Disease / diagnosis*
Alzheimer Disease / drug therapy*
Drug Monitoring / methods*
Humans
Neuropsychological Tests*
Observer Variation
Reproducibility of Results