Journal article
Reliability of a Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination compared with the traditional Mini-Mental State Examination
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to compare the reliability of the Mini-Mental State Examination with that of a new Standardized Mini-Mental State Examination, which has expanded guidelines for administration and scoring.
METHOD: The subjects were 32 stable elderly residents of a nursing home and 16 elderly residents of a chronic care hospital unit. Six raters administered the Folstein Mini-Mental State to 22 of these stable elderly …
Authors
Molloy DW; Alemayehu E; Roberts R
Journal
American Journal of Psychiatry, Vol. 148, No. 1, pp. 102–105
Publisher
American Psychiatric Association Publishing
Publication Date
January 1, 1991
DOI
10.1176/ajp.148.1.102
ISSN
0002-953X