The impact of visual impairment on Mini-Mental State Examination Scores in the Newcastle 85+ study | Zendy

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The impact of visual impairment on Mini-Mental State Examination Scores in the Newcastle 85+ study

Author(s) -

Joanna M. Jefferis,

Joanna Collerton,

JohnPaul Taylor,

Carol Jagger,

Andrew Kingston,

Karen Davies,

Thomas B. L. Kirkwood,

M. P. Clarke

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afs042

Subject(s) - quartile , medicine , mini–mental state examination , cognition , cognitive test , visual impairment , audiology , orientation (vector space) , association (psychology) , cognitive impairment , clinical psychology , psychiatry , psychology , confidence interval , geometry , mathematics , psychotherapist

cognitive test scores and visual acuity are strongly associated in older people. This may be due to poor vision limiting performance on cognitive tasks specifically requiring vision, or an association between visual and neurodegenerative disorders.

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