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Mini Mental Scale Examination

Assessment methods that determine mental functioning (attention, orientation, memory, speech, understanding of speech, psychomotor functions) in a simple, practical way are recommended for a rough estimation of the severity of dementia. The best-known instrument is the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE. Folstein et al.. 1975), which allows the grading of dementia on a 30-point scale on the basis of a simple 5 10-min examination. Other, rather more involved procedures include the Dementia Rating Scale (DRS) of Mattis (1976) and the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale (ADAS) of Rosen et al. (1984). The... [Pg.254]

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