A Combined Index Using the Mini-Mental State Examination and Lawton Index to Discriminate Between Clinical Dementia Rating Scores of 0.5 and 1: A Development and Validation Study.
Kazuaki UchidaTaiki SugimotoKenta MurotaniMasashi TsujimotoYoshinobu KishinoYujiro KurodaNanae MatsumotoKosuke FujitaKeisuke SuzukiRei OnoToshihiro AkisueHidenori AraiKenji TobaTakashi SakuraiPublished in: The Journal of clinical psychiatry (2024)
Conclusion: The index developed is useful in discriminating between CDR scores of 0.5 and 1 and should be applicable to various settings, such as memory clinics and clinical research.