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Ability of the mini‐mental state examination to discriminate diagnostic entities in a psychogeriatric population
Author(s) -
Field Sarah J.,
Jackson Henry J.,
Hassett Anne M.,
Pattison Pip
Publication year - 1995
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.930100110
Subject(s) - dementia , delirium , psychiatry , depression (economics) , mini–mental state examination , medicine , rating scale , mental status examination , population , geriatric psychiatry , clinical dementia rating , psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , cognitive impairment , disease , developmental psychology , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics
The Mini‐Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used in clinical practice. A standardized MMSE (SMMSE) was used to differentiate those patients with dementia or delirium from those with functional psychiatric disorders. Seventy psychogeriatric patients from Royal Park Psychiatric Hospital were interviewed. The SMMSE and the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD) were administered at two time points, 3 weeks apart. The study found that the SMMSE did differentiate those with dementia or delirium from those with functional psychiatric disorders. However, caution should be exercised when interpreting SMMSE results in community settings.