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Test-retest reliable coefficients and 5-year change scores for the MMSE and 3MS
Tombaugh TN.. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists, 2005-06-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
The present study explored several different procedures for determining the amount of change that occurred on the Mini-Mental State Exam [MMSE; Folstein, M. (1975). "Mini-Mental State": A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 12, 189-198] and Modified Mini-Mental State Exam [3MS; Teng, E.
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Tombaugh, T. N. (2005). Test-retest reliable coefficients and 5-year change scores for the MMSE and 3MS. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acn.2004.11.004
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Tombaugh TN. Test-retest reliable coefficients and 5-year change scores for the MMSE and 3MS. Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists. 2005. doi:10.1016/j.acn.2004.11.004. PMID: 15896562.
BibTeX
@article{tombaugh2005-15896562,
author = {Tombaugh, T. N.},
title = {{Test-retest reliable coefficients and 5-year change scores for the MMSE and 3MS}},
journal = {Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists},
year = {2005},
doi = {10.1016/j.acn.2004.11.004},
pmid = {15896562},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acn.2004.11.004}
}
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Key findings
- (1975). "Mini-Mental State": A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician.
- Journal of Psychiatric Research, 12, 189-198] and Modified Mini-Mental State Exam [3MS; Teng, E.
- The Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) examination.
- Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, 48, 314-318] over short and extended test-retest intervals.
Why it matters
This study looked at different ways to measure how much scores on the MMSE and 3MS change over short and long test-retest intervals. It is about interpreting these cognitive test scores over time, not about treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.
Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 40/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists) |
| Journal's citation record | 2 / 4 | Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology: journal h-index 151 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2005 — older than 20 years, still counted |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 5 / 7 | Cited 225 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 3 / 5 | 9.8 citations a year over 23 year(s) since 2005 |
| Impact for its field and year | 3 / 6 | Cited 3.7× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 2 / 6 | Cited by 9 other studies in this library |
| Still being cited | 2 / 4 | Cited 20 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 2 / 4 | Last-listed author Tom N. Tombaugh: h-index 29 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 0 / 3 | Carleton University: institution h-index 546 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 0 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 1 institution(s) in 1 country — scores zero (affiliation lists can be incomplete) |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 15896562) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Total | 40 / 100 | — |
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