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| Mini-mental state examination item scores as predictors of Alzheimer's disease: incidence data from the Kungsholmen project, Stockholm | | Author(s) | Brent J Small, Matti Viitanen, Lars Bäckman |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological sciences and medical sciences, vol 52A, no 5, September 1997 |
| Pages | pp M299-M304 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Screening ; Assessment procedures for mental patients ; Over 70s ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden. |
| Annotation | The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is one of the most widely used instruments for screening cognitive impairment. In this study, the power of individual MMSE items in predicting incidence of Alzheimer's disease was examined, and 3-year longitudinal changes in MMSE items were contrasted between incident Alzheimer's disease and non-demented persons. The participants in the study were aged between 75 and 95 years, and were part of a longitudinal study of very old people living in Stockholm, Sweden. Results showed that MMSE items dealing with delayed episodic memory and orientation to time were significant predictors of Alzheimer's disease incidence, independent of age, gender and years of education. Longitudinal changes in performance were largest among individuals diagnosed as incident Alzheimer's disease, although the magnitude of change across items was variable. |
| Accession Number | CPA-971125221 A |
| Classmark | EA: 3V: DA:4C: BBK: 3J: 76P |
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