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Adjusting Mini-Mental State Examination scores for age and educational level to screen for dementia: correcting bias or reducing validity?
Author(s)Helen Chmura Kraemer, Deborah J Moritz, Jerome Yesavage
Journal titleInternational Psychogeriatrics, vol 10, no 1, March 1998
Pagespp 43-51
KeywordsDementia ; Cognitive processes ; Evaluation ; Age groups [elderly] ; Educational status [elderly].
AnnotationThe question of whether Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores should be adjusted for age and educational levels to screen for dementia in clinical populations is re-examined in the results of a recent study supporting adjustment. If the criterion is to identify the most accurate screening procedure for each sociodemographic sub-group, the evidence indicates that the unadjusted scores are preferable. Other criteria might result in different conclusions. The validities of some of these criteria are questionable because they have the flaw that they are easily satisfied by using random decision procedures. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-980915403 A
ClassmarkEA: DA: 4C: BB: F:V

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