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Q In home dwelling elderly people, is a short version of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) as accurate as the original MMSE for predicting dementia?
Clinical impact ratings GP/FP/Primary care ★★★★★★☆ GP/FP/Mental Health ★★★★★★☆ Psychiatry ★★★★★★☆ Geriatrics ★★★★★☆☆
METHODS
Design:
blinded comparison of the original MMSE and a short version of MMSE with neuropsychological examination.
Setting:
a centre for elder research in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Patients:
243 home dwelling elderly people {75–83 years of age (mean age 80 y, 47% men)}* who had the original MMSE screening. 28% of them screened positive {based on MMSE cut-point of 26/27}*.
Description of tests:
2 dichotomous subscales obtained from the Rasch item analysis were A-MMSE (age correlated scale) including orientation to time, attention/calculation, naming, repetition, 3 stage command; and …
Footnotes
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For correspondence: Dr K Schultz-Larsen, Centre for Elder Research, Copenhagen K, Denmark. ks109{at}bbh.hosp.dk
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Sources of funding: Danish Ministry of Social Affairs; Copenhagen Care and Health Administration; VELUX FONDEN.