The role of education in mini-mental state examination: a study in Northeast Brazil

BACKGROUND: There is evidence that schooling can influence performance in cognitive assessement tests. In developing countries, formal education is limited for most people. The use of tests such as Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), could have an adverse effect on the evaluation of illiterate and...

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Main Authors: Paulo Roberto de Brito-Marques, José Eulálio Cabral-Filho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2004-06-01
Series:Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2004000200003&tlng=en
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