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A normative, community-based study of Mini-Mental State in elderly adults
— the effect of age and educational level | | Author(s) | Junichi Ishizaki, Kenicho Meguro, Hideo Ambo |
| Journal title | The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological sciences and social sciences, vol 53B, no 6, November 1998 |
| Pages | pp P359-363 |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Cognitive impairment ; Age groups [elderly] ; Educational status [elderly] ; Living in the community ; Evaluation ; Japan. |
| Annotation | The authors investigated community-based data of Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of older people along with the effects of age and educational level. MMSE was planned for all residents aged over 65 in a town in northern Japan, 90% of whom (2,266) took the test. The score declined significantly with age and lower educational level, although no effect of sex was apparent. For the MMSE sub-items, all the values except for that of naming showed effects of both age and educational level. Those screened by MMSE who fell in the range of cognitive impairment (<24) accounted for 21.8% and those with severe cognitive impairment (<18) constituted 6%. Despite the differences in language and culture, the mean scores are remarkably similar between Japan and other countries. This is the first normative, community-based study of MMSE among older adults in Japan. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990304003 A |
| Classmark | E: E4: BB: F:V: K4: 4C: 7DT |
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