Research Article
Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Patients with Dementia in Greece
Table 4
Cognitive decline according to clinical impression evaluation and the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) (in %).
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CIE stands for the diagnostic procedures the treating physicians followed based on clinical features and by performing additional general additional informal tests for cognitive assessment (cognitive features were assessed such as working memory, e.g., digit span tasks, serial sevens and serial threes tasks; complex attention, e.g., months in reverse order, and orientation, e.g., time, location, and autobiographical data). Cut-off score under the Consensus Statements “Dementia” of the Austrian Alzheimer Society. 30–27 = no cognitive decline; 26–18 = mild cognitive decline; 17–11 = moderate cognitive decline; <10 = severe cognitive decline. |