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Impact of sociodemographic and health variables on mini-mental state examination in a community-based sample of older people

The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) has been widely used as a screening instrument for cognitive disorders. Age, schooling and many other sociodemographic and health variables may be associated with a worse performance on the MMSE. The objectives of this study were to investigate the distributi...

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Published in:European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience 2010-10, Vol.260 (7), p.535-542
Main Authors: Moraes, Camila, Pinto, Jony Arrais, Lopes, Marcos Antônio, Litvoc, Julio, Bottino, Cassio M. C.
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Language:English
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Summary:The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) has been widely used as a screening instrument for cognitive disorders. Age, schooling and many other sociodemographic and health variables may be associated with a worse performance on the MMSE. The objectives of this study were to investigate the distribution of MMSE percentiles in a large Brazilian community-based elderly sample, divided according to age and schooling, and to evaluate the impact of sociodemographic and health variables on groups of elderly people with lower cognitive performance. The MMSE was applied to a sample of 2,708 adults, aged 60 years and older. Of this population, 1,563 individuals were living in the city of São Paulo, while 1,145 were living in the city of Ribeirão Preto. The subjects were divided into six groups according to the amount of schooling that they had received (no formal education, 1–4 and ≥5 years) and age (
ISSN:0940-1334
1433-8491
DOI:10.1007/s00406-010-0104-3