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 %).

CIE		MMSE
Very good/good	7.8	30–27	2.3
Satisfactory	21.4	26–18	66.5
Moderate	47.0	17–11	26.5
Bad	23.7	<10	4.6

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.