45 Years of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE): a perspective from ibero-america
- Miguel Gallegos,
- Melissa L. Morgan,
- Mauricio Cervigni,
- Pablo Martino,
- Jessie Murray,
- Manuel Calandra
- Centro Austral de Investigaciones Científicas (CADIC) – CONICET,
- Universidad Nacional de Rosario,
- Pontificia Universidade Católica de Minas Gerais,
- Universidad Católica del Maule,
- University of California Santa Barbara,
- Arizona College of Nursing
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Publication Information
Output type
Original language
EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 384-387 (4 pages)Journal (Volume, Issue Number)
Dementia e Neuropsychologia (Volume 16, Issue 4)Publication milestones
- Published - 2022
Publication status
ISSN
1980-5764Publication IDs
- Scopus: 85143396637
Abstract
The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) was created by Marshal Folstein et al. in 1975 as an instrument for brief (5–10 min) assessment of mental status in hospitalized patients. It is considered the most widely used test for standardized cognitive assessment in the clinical setting, especially with the elderly population. It has countless translations in different languages, and according to the different international (PubMed) and regional (SciELO, Redalyc, and Dialnet) scientific databases, it has been widely used by the scientific community. This article describes the historical evolution of the MMSE, highlights its evaluative properties, and provides bibliometric data on its impact on scientific publications, with a special focus on Ibero-America.