Arsenic toxicity is a worldwide health concern as several millions of people are exposed to
this toxicant via drinking water, and exposure affects almost every organ system in the body …

The increase in life expectancy can influence the prevalence of dementias in the population.
Instruments that evaluate cognitive functions such as the Mini Mental State Examination …

Vitamin D insufficiency and deficiency are a major health care problem. The association
between vitamin D levels and cognitive function is still under debate. We conducted a …

Background: The Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) is the most widely used cognitive
test, both in clinical settings and in epidemiological studies. However, correcting its score for …

Cui G‐H, Yao Y‐H, Xu R‐F, Tang H‐D, Jiang G‐X, Wang Y, Wang G, Chen S‐D, Cheng Q.
Cognitive impairment using education‐based cutoff points for CMMSE scores in elderly …

Background Routine delirium screening could improve delirium detection, but it remains
unclear as to which screening tool is most suitable. We tested the diagnostic accuracy of the …

This study evaluated the influence of the frequency of reading and writing habits (RWH)
associated with education on the performance of adults in brief neuropsychological tasks. A …

A primary goal of clinical neuropsychological assessment is to determine whether a given
set of test results suggests brain pathology. This is done by comparing a person's …

Abstract Background/Aims: In view of the differing sensitivity and specificity of the Mini-
Mental State Examination (MMSE) in the non-English-speaking populations, we conducted …

Most measures of cognitive function used in large-scale surveys of older adults have limited
ability to detect subtle differences across cognitive domains, and standard clinical …