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Equivalence of two screens of cognitive functioning: the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire and the Orientation-Memory-Concentration test
Author(s)Gerda G Fillenbaum, Lawrence R Landerman, Eleanor M Simonsick
Journal titleJournal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 12, December 1998
Pagespp 1512-1518
KeywordsDementia ; Cognitive processes ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Screening ; United States of America.
AnnotationThere are many brief screening instruments of cognitive status, yet few studies have compared the performance of different instruments. This study examined the equivalence of two such instruments: the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) and the Orientation-Memory-Concentration (OMC) test. Participants were 3210 people aged 68 years and over in North Carolina. On the SPMSQ and the OMC, 15.3% and 38.4%, respectively, of those tested were rated cognitively impaired. Poorer scores were associated with older age, black race and less education. Both measures predicted disability and depressive symptomatology (current and in three years time) and death. The study concluded that although the SPMSQ and OMC are highly correlated, they are not equivalent. (AKM).
Accession NumberCPA-990304403 A
ClassmarkEA: DA: DB: 3V: 7T

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