1. The Reliability and Validity of the Mini-Mental State Examination in the Elderly Croatian Population
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Patrick R. Hof, Goran Šimić, Marina Boban, Sunčica Vuković, Branko Malojčić, Ninoslav Mimica, and Ivan Zrilić
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Male ,Gerontology ,Population ageing ,Mental Status Schedule ,Psychometrics ,Croatia ,Cognitive Neuroscience ,Population ,Alzheimer Disease ,mental disorders ,Humans ,Mass Screening ,Medicine ,Outpatient clinic ,Dementia ,Cognitive Dysfunction ,education ,Mass screening ,Aged ,education.field_of_study ,Mini–Mental State Examination ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Reproducibility of Results ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Case-Control Studies ,Educational Status ,Mini- Mental State Examination ,elderly population ,Alzheimer’s disease ,epidemiology ,screening ,Cutoff point ,Female ,Geriatrics and Gerontology ,business - Abstract
AIM: The aim of this study was standardization and validation of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) in the general Croatian aging population. ----- METHODS: Three-hundred and forty-four participants underwent the MMSE test, 217 cognitively healthy subjects without neurological and psychiatric disorders and 127 patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or dementia. ----- RESULTS: The optimal cutoff point for screening of the general Croatian population (cognitively healthy vs. MCI and dementia) is 26/27; in the Croatian population aged ≥65 years, the cutoff point is 24/25, whereas for screening of highly educated persons (≥14 years of education) aged ≥65 years a higher cutoff point should be used (26/27). ----- CONCLUSIONS: MMSE results when standardized and validated in a certain population might better contribute to recognition of the individuals at risk that should be directed to dementia outpatient clinics.
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- 2012
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