[The Mini-Mental State Examination as a selected diagnostic test for dementia: a Colombian population study. GENECO]. / El examen mental abreviado (Mini-Mental State Examination) como prueba de selección para el diagnóstico de demencia: estudio poblacional colombiano. GENECO.
Rev Neurol
; 30(5): 428-32, 2000.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Folstein's Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used as screening test for cognitive impairment.OBJECTIVE:
To test a Spanish version of the MMSE in a population of high illiteracy rate. MATERIAL ANDMETHODS:
Population-based survey of a stratified random sample of urban and rural residents of five regions of Colombia, followed by neurological and neuropsychological evaluation of suspect cases (phase 2). Dementia was diagnosed using DSM-IV criteria.RESULTS:
1,611 subjects age 50 or older filled out both the WHO Protocol for Epidemiologic Studies of Neurological Disorders and a Spanish version of the MMSE; 55.2% of them had three or less years of schooling; 536 individuals with scores below cutoff points were sent to phase 2. Of the population with satisfactory scores in MMSE 366 (34.0%) were evaluated by neurologists to exclude other neurological conditions. Twelve cases of dementia were diagnosed among individuals with scores below cutoff point and one among subjects with high scores. Age-adjusted prevalence was 8.1 per thousand subjects age 50 or over (95% CI 3.7-12.5); and 34.2 per thousand for ages 75 or over (95% CI 12.2-56.2). Sensitivity and specificity were 92.3 and 53.7%; 16 of the 19 questions show significant differences (p < 0.001) according to educational level. A gender gap is significant in low educational levels (p < 0.001) but not in subjects with more than five years of schooling.CONCLUSIONS:
MMSE scores correlated closely with level of education. Low specificity leads to many non-demented subjects with low educational status requiring further investigation.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Demência
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Testes Neuropsicológicos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como assunto:
America do sul
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Colombia
Idioma:
Es
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
Article