Mini‐mental state examination
The Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE) is used as a tool for brief screening and determining the severity of cognitive changes over time (Tombaugh & McIntyre, A study in Iran evaluated the reliability and validity of the MMSE and described it as satisfactory (Cronbach's alpha coefficient equal to 0.78). This study reported the sensitivity and specificity of the above tool at the cut‐off point of 21, 90%, and 84%, respectively, in the population under study (Foroughan et al., 