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Mini Mental State Examination in Sinhalese
— a sensitive test to screen for dementia in Sri Lanka | | Author(s) | H A de Silva, S B Gunatilake |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 2, February 2002 |
| Pages | pp pp 134-139 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Screening ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Languages ; Sri Lanka. |
| Annotation | Although the Sri Lankan population is ageing rapidly, dementia has not been systematically investigated there. Since the country has a high literacy rate, the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) was translated and modified slightly without having to make major changes to the original version. 300 randomly selected subjects aged 65+ in a semi-urban area were screened with the translated version of the MMSE. The cut-off score for cognitive impairment was taken as 17. Those who scored 17 or less (considered cases of suspected dementia) and 24 randomly selected subjects scoring more than 17 (considered cognitively normal) underwent a brief clinical examination and neuropsychological assessment with the more comprehensive neuropsychiatric test battery, Cambridge Cognitive Score (CAMCOG). Evaluated against CAMCOG, the sensitivity and specificity of the translated MMSE were 93.5% and 84.6% respectively. Thus, the Sinhalese translation of the MMSE is a sensitive instrument to screen for dementia in Sri Lanka. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020215212 A |
| Classmark | EA: 3V: DA:4C: 6W: 7FF |
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