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| Validating screening instruments for cognitive impairment in older South Asians in the United Kingdom | | Author(s) | Greta Rait, Alistair Burns, Robert Baldwin |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 1, January 2000 |
| Pages | pp 54-62 |
| Keywords | Asian people ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Screening ; Manchester. |
| Annotation | Although numbers of older South Asians in the UK have been rising, investigation of their mental health has been neglected compared to their physical health. This study aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of modified versions of two screening instruments for cognitive impairment - the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Abbreviated Mental Test (AMT) - in community-based populations in Manchester. Subjects were approached via their general practitioners (GPs) and interviewed at home. The main findings were that, for both Gujarati and Pakistani populations, modified screening tests for cognitive impairment were acceptable to the subjects and may have high sensitivity levels, and that ethnic background influences the cutoff score. However, the results' validity are limited by an overall response rate of 47%. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000419008 A |
| Classmark | TKK: DA:4C: 3V: 83E |
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