1. A retrospective analysis of the sentence writing component of the Mini Mental State Examination: cognitive and affective aspects
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Alex Berzak, Natalia Velikiy, Roni Peleg, Yan Press, Tamar Freud, Howard Tandeter, Tzvi Dwolatzky, and Boris Punchik
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Male ,Handwriting ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Executive Function ,Dysgraphia ,medicine ,Dementia ,Humans ,Mental Competency ,Affective Symptoms ,Agraphia ,Geriatric Assessment ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,Aged, 80 and over ,Intelligence Tests ,Psychiatric Status Rating Scales ,Memory Disorders ,Mini–Mental State Examination ,Intelligence quotient ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Depression ,Cognition ,medicine.disease ,Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Female ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,medicine.symptom ,Psychology ,Cognition Disorders ,Sentence ,Cognitive psychology - Abstract
One of the components of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is the request to write a sentence. We investigated the relationship between the characteristics of the written sentence of the MMSE and the cognitive and affective status of elderly patients.The characteristics of the sentence were compared to the total MMSE score, sociodemographic characteristics, tests evaluating cognition and affective status, and diagnoses.The number of words was significantly associated with the degree of cognitive impairment, whereas the emotional polarity of sentences and concerns about health were associated with depression.Characteristics of the MMSE sentence may provide important additional information regarding both cognition and affect when assessing older people.
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- 2012