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| The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in an elderly immigrant Gujarati population in the United Kingdom | | Author(s) | James Lindesay, Carol Jagger, Anna Mlynik-Szmid |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 12, no 12, December 1997 |
| Pages | pp 1155-1167 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Cognitive processes ; Screening ; Evaluation ; Asian people ; United Kingdom ; Leicester. |
| Annotation | The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a standardised screening instrument for cognitive impairment, which has been translated and adapted for use with various populations internationally. However, few studies have examined the effects of translation on the psychometric properties of the MMSE. Educational level and differences in cultural factors, such as the meaningfulness of concepts such as date and seasons, have been found to affect MMSE performance. The aim of this study was to evaluate the performance of a Gujarati version of the MMSE as a screening instrument for dementia in an older immigrant Gujarati community in Leicester. Results showed that mean MMSE scores were lower in the Gujarati group than in the group of white older people, mainly due to the effects of age, education and visual impairment. Ethnic group had an independent effect on three orientation items. The study concluded that the Gujarati version of the MMSE performed adequately, but that further evaluation is required. |
| Accession Number | CPA-980112404 A |
| Classmark | EA: DA: 3V: 4C: TKK: 8: 8LEE |
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