The Mini-Cog, Clock Drawing Test, and the Mini-Mental State Examination in a German Memory Clinic: specificity of separation dementia from depression

摘要

Background: The aim of this study was to assess the specificities of the Mini-Cog, the Clock Drawing Test (CDT), and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) against depression and healthy controls in a German Memory Clinic. Furthermore, we analyzed the specificities of all three screening instruments in dependence of actual depression severity.