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The effect of demographic and health variables on a modified form of mini‐mental state examination scores in nigerian elderly community residents
Author(s) -
Baiyewu Olusegun,
Bella Andrew F.,
Jegede R. Olukayode
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930080608
Subject(s) - affect (linguistics) , mental health , gerontology , multivariate analysis , mini–mental state examination , psychology , multivariate statistics , demography , mental state , rural community , medicine , psychiatry , cognition , sociology , statistics , mathematics , communication , cognitive impairment
A culturally relevant form the Mini‐Mental State Examination was administered to 502 persons aged 60 years and over living in three locations representing rural and urban settings in southwestern Nigeria. Multivariate statistical methods show that variables like sex, age, education and self‐assessed health affect the scores on MMSE. The coefficient alpha for the instrument was low for those with less than complete primary education, but for those with full primary education or more, it gave a value similar to those obtained in some studies in western countries.