DEMENTIA-COGNITIVE TESTS

SUMMARY

1. Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE): brief screening test

2. Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS)

3. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA): more sensitive than MMSE and is a better screening tool (Pendlebury et al. 2010; Popovic et al. 2007)

4. Addenbrooke's Cognitive Examination (version) III: more sensitive to assess frontal deficits

5. Frontotemporal Dementia Rating Scale (FRS)

6. Cambridge Behavioural Inventory-Revised (CBI-R)

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