P1-397: Validation of the mini-mental state examination and modified for the diagnosis of dementia, in Mérida, Venezuela, 2007

2008 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. T335-T336
Author(s):  
Clara I. Ramirez ◽  
Trino J. Bapista ◽  
Edgardo Carrizo ◽  
Serrano Ana ◽  
Yine Arape
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
State Examination

scholarly journals Cognitive Abilities Screening: Instrument-Short Form, Mini-Mental State Examination and Functional Activities Questionnaire in the illiterate elderly

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 410-415 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gabriela Pravatta Rezende ◽  
Juliana Cecato ◽  
José Eduardo Martinelli
Keyword(s):  
Correlation Coefficient ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Screening Instrument ◽  
Functional Activities ◽  
Brazilian Version ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
State Examination

ABSTRACT Dementia prevalence is increasing in developing countries due to population aging. Brief tests for assessing cognition and activities of daily living are very useful for the diagnosis of dementia by the clinician. Low education, particularly illiteracy, is a hindrance to the diagnosis of dementia in several regions of the world. Objectives: To compare the Brazilian version of the Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument-Short Form (CASI-S) with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire (PFAQ) for the diagnosis of dementia in illiterate elderly. Methods: A cross-sectional study with illiterate elderly of both genders seen at the outpatient clinics of the Institute of Gerontology and Geriatrics Jundiaí, São Paulo state was performed. Spearman's correlation coefficient was used to correlate CASI-S, MMSE and PFAQ scores. Results: The sample comprised 29 elderly over 57 years old whose mean scores on the CASI-S (scores ranging from 3 to 23) and the MMSE (scores ranging from 2 to 23) were 11.69 and 12.83, respectively. There was a strong significant correlation between the CASI-S and MMSE (r=0.75, p<0.001) and a moderate correlation coefficient that was significant and negative between the PFAQ and CASI-S (r= -0.53 p=0.003),similar to that between the MMSE and PFAQ (r= -0.41 p=0.025). Conclusion: The Brazilian version of the CASI-S demonstrates ease of application and correction in the illiterate elderly, and warrants further studies regarding its applicability for the diagnosis of dementia in populations with a heterogeneous educational background.

The Diagnosis of Dementia in the Elderly a Comparison of CAMCOG (the Cognitive Section of CAMDEX), the AGECAT Program, DSM–III, the Mini-Mental State Examination and Some Short Rating Scales

1991 ◽  
Vol 159 (2) ◽  
pp. 193-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Blessed ◽  
S. E. Black ◽  
T. Butler ◽  
D. W. K. Kay
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Rating Scales ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Multivariate Analyses ◽  
The Elderly ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Visual Deficits ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
Organic Syndrome ◽  
State Examination

The performance of CAMCOG, the cognitive section of the CAMDEX, is compared in a non-random sample of 222 elderly people with diagnoses based on agecat and on DSM–III criteria, and with the MMSE and some short rating scales. With a cut-off point of 69/70 and agecat organic syndrome as the criterion, the sensitivity of CAMCOG was 97% and the specificity 91%. However, 21% of DSM–III diagnoses of dementia scored above this cut-off; these were mostly mild cases. The correlation between CAMCOG and MMSE scores was 0.87, and the advantage of CAMCOG may be more apparent in longitudinal studies. Multivariate analyses showed that CAMCOG scores are affected by age, sociocultural factors and hearing and visual deficits in addition to dementia, but not by depression. There was a suggestion that individual subsections are differentially affected.

The mini-mental state examination score and the clinical diagnosis of dementia

1994 ◽  
Vol 47 (9) ◽  
pp. 1061-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.A. Kukull ◽  
E.B. Larson ◽  
L. Teri ◽  
J. Bowen ◽  
W. McCormick ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Diagnosis ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Examination Score ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
State Examination

scholarly journals 206A Retrospective Review – Correlating the Mini-Mental State Examination Result and the Diagnosis of Dementia

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (Suppl_3) ◽  
pp. iii13-iii59
Author(s):  
Deborah Fitzhenry ◽  
Cathy Mc Hale ◽  
Robert Briggs ◽  
Tara Coughlan ◽  
Desmond O Neill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Retrospective Review ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Examination Result ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
State Examination

The influence of education, social class and sex on Mini-Mental State scores

1989 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 771-776 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. W. O'connor ◽  
P. A. Pollitt ◽  
F. P. Treasure ◽  
C. P. B. Brook ◽  
B. B. Reiss
Keyword(s):  
General Practice ◽  
Cognitive Impairment ◽  
Social Class ◽  
Mental State ◽  
North American ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Social Classes ◽  
Community Surveys ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
State Examination

SynopsisThe Mini-Mental State Examination was administered to 1865 general-practice patients aged 75 years and over. Even when demented cases were removed from analysis, respondents with relatively little education, together with those in social classes Ill-manual and below, were significantly more likely to score below the cut-off point used in North American community surveys to denote ‘cognitive impairment’. Education and social class influenced scores on all sections within the MMSE with the exception of registration. Sex influenced scores on tests of calculation and spelling backwards but had no effect on total scores. These findings emphasize the importance of investigating low scorers in more detail before making a diagnosis of dementia.

scholarly journals Validation Study of the Mini-Mental State Examination in Urdu Language for Pakistani Population

2015 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Safia Awan ◽  
Naila Shahbaz ◽  
Syed Wasim Akhtar ◽  
Arsalan Ahmad ◽  
Sadaf Iqbal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Validation Study ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Mmse Score ◽  
Study Patient ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Cutoff Score ◽  
Pakistani Population ◽  
Diagnosis Of Dementia ◽  
State Examination

Validation study of the Mini-Mental State Examination in Urdu language for Pakistani population Objective: This study was conducted primarily to validate and determine the optimal cutoff score in the diagnosis of dementia among Pakistani’s and study the effects of gender and education on the MMSE performance in our population. Methods: Four hundred participants took part in the study. Patient with dementia recruited from five major hospitals from Pakistan. The MMSE was translated into Urdu. Results: There were 61 men and 39 women in dementia group and 225 men and 75 women in the control group. The mean score of Urdu MMSE were lower in patients with dementia 18.5 ± 5.6 (range 0-30) as compared to the controls 26.8 ± 2.6 (range 7-30). This difference between groups was statistically significant (p<0.001). Educational based MMSE score below 15 yielded perfect sensitivity and specificity for the diagnosis of dementia. Conclusions: These finding confirm the influence of level of education on MMSE score and education stratified cutoff scores should be used while screening for cognitive impairment in this population.

Mini-Mental-State

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Kaiser ◽  
Renate Gusner-Pfeiffer ◽  
Hermann Griessenberger ◽  
Bernhard Iglseder
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Oder Nicht ◽  
State Examination

Im folgenden Artikel werden fünf verschiedene Versionen der Mini-Mental-State-Examination dargestellt, die alle auf der Grundlage des Originals von Folstein erstellt wurden, sich jedoch deutlich voneinander unterscheiden und zu unterschiedlichen Ergebnissen kommen, unabhängig davon, ob das Screening von erfahrenen Untersuchern durchgeführt wird oder nicht. Besonders auffällig ist, dass Frauen die Aufgaben «Wort rückwärts» hoch signifikant besser lösten als das «Reihenrechnen». An Hand von Beispielen werden Punkteunterschiede aufgezeigt.

Zur Anwendung der CES-D bei älteren Menschen: Dimensionsstruktur und Meßartefakte

Diagnostica ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Herbert Matschinger ◽  
Astrid Schork ◽  
Steffi G. Riedel-Heller ◽  
Matthias C. Angermeyer
Keyword(s):  
Mental State ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Epidemiological Studies ◽  
Partial Credit ◽  
Examination Score ◽  
State Examination

Zusammenfassung. Beim Einsatz der Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) stellt sich das Problem der Dimensionalität des Instruments, dessen Lösung durch die Konfundierung eines Teilkonstruktes (“Wohlbefinden”) mit Besonderheiten der Itemformulierung Schwierigkeiten bereitet, da Antwortartefakte zu erwarten sind. Dimensionsstruktur und Eignung der CES-D zur Erfassung der Depression bei älteren Menschen wurden an einer Stichprobe von 663 über 75-jährigen Teilnehmern der “Leipziger Langzeitstudie in der Altenbevölkerung” untersucht. Da sich die Annahme der Gültigkeit eines partial-credit-Rasch-Modells sowohl für die Gesamtstichprobe als auch für eine Teilpopulation als zu restriktiv erwies, wurde ein 3- bzw. 4-Klassen-latent-class-Modell für geordnete Kategorien berechnet und die 4-Klassen-Lösung als den Daten angemessen interpretiert: Drei Klassen zeigten sich im Sinne des Konstrukts “Depression” geordnet, eine Klasse enthielt jene Respondenten, deren Antwortmuster auf ein Antwortartefakt hinwiesen. In dieser Befragtenklasse wird der Depressionsgrad offensichtlich überschätzt. Zusammenhänge mit Alter und Mini-Mental-State-Examination-Score werden dargestellt. Nach unseren Ergebnissen muß die CES-D in einer Altenbevölkerung mit Vorsicht eingesetzt werden, der Summenscore sollte nicht verwendet werden.

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