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| The validity of the Minimum Data Set in measuring the cognitive impairment of nursing home admissions | | Author(s) | Ann L Gruber-Baldini, Sheryl Itkin Zimmerman, Edward Mortimore |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 48, no 12, December 2000 |
| Pages | pp 1601-1606 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Two Minimum Data Set (MDS) scales, the Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) and the MDS Cognition Scale (MDS-COGS), were compared with the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the staff rating on the Psychogeriatric Dependency Rating Scale (PGDRS) Orientation scale, as well as measures of functioning and functional decline. This was the first study to examine the validity of the MDS in a large sample of residents and nursing homes in situations where the MDS was not completed by research-trained staff. Compared with other instruments, the MDS-COGS and the CPS have moderate and similar validity for assessing cognitive impairment. Differences in the scales could provide different estimates of impairment for nursing home admissions. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010214214 B |
| Classmark | E: LHB:QKH: DA: 4C: 7T |
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