How to calculate an MMSE score from a MODA score (and vice versa) in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

Neurol Sci

Third Neurological Clinic, University of Milan, Polo Didattico S. Paolo, Via Antonio Starabba di Rudinì 8, I-20142, Milan, Italy.

Published: November 2003

The aim of the present study was to provide a statistically sound way of reciprocally converting scores of the mini-mental state examination (MMSE) and the Milan overall dementia assessment (MODA). A consecutive series of 182 patients with "probable" Alzheimer's disease patients was examined with both tests. MODA and MMSE scores proved to be highly correlated. A formula for converting MODA and MMSE scores was generated.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10072-003-0151-xDOI Listing

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