Underestimation of Cognitive Impairment by Mini-Mental State Examination Versus the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke | Zendy

Sarah T. Pendlebury | Zendy; Fiona C. Cuthbertson | Zendy; Sarah Welch | Zendy; Ziyah Mehta | Zendy; Peter M. Rothwell | Zendy

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Underestimation of Cognitive Impairment by Mini-Mental State Examination Versus the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Patients With Transient Ischemic Attack and Stroke

Author(s) -

Sarah T. Pendlebury,

Fiona C. Cuthbertson,

Sarah Welch,

Ziyah Mehta,

Peter M. Rothwell

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.110.579888

Subject(s) - montreal cognitive assessment , medicine , interquartile range , stroke (engine) , cognition , population , dementia , cognitive impairment , mini–mental state examination , cardiology , recall , audiology , psychiatry , disease , psychology , mechanical engineering , environmental health , engineering , cognitive psychology

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is insensitive to mild cognitive impairment and executive function. The more recently developed Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), an alternative, brief 30-point global cognitive screen, might pick up more cognitive abnormalities in patients with cerebrovascular disease.

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