Elsevier

The Lancet

Volume 354, Issue 9189, 30 October 1999, Pages 1527-1528
The Lancet

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

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Summary

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.

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