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P3‐269: MMSE, GDS and subjective memory complaints questionnaire: Comparative analysis within a voluntary population from Monterrey, Nuevo León, México (Memory Screening Week 2009, CREAM)
Author(s) -
MezaCavazos Sandra,
SalinasMartinez Ricardo,
Montemayor Gabriela
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2012.05.1492
Subject(s) - geriatric depression scale , medicine , population , cognitive impairment , mini–mental state examination , memory clinic , cognition , gerontology , physical therapy , psychology , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , environmental health
to the usefulness of the MMSE and GDS for the screening of cognitive issues and the most recent findings about the FDT as a sensitive instrument. The purpose of this study is to establish the correlation between MMSE, GDS and FDT. Methods: An invitation for the screening was made to all population over 40 years of age. 30 evaluators were trained: 15 physicians to perform a questionnaire based on the NIA Alzheimer’s Association diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment and 15 psychologists to apply MMSE, GDS and FDT. During the evaluation, all the subjects were interviewed at the medical station, then they answered the tests at the psychological module. Follow-up recommendations were given according to their results. An analysis was performed, including the mean, the standard deviation and The Pearson correlation coefficient. Results: There were 310 evaluations from subjects between 40 89 Years old (Mean 61.15, SD 10.80); 256 of them were women and 54 were men. Average education level from sample was 10.05 years (SD 5.01). 266 normal cognition cases were indentified, 31 MCI and 13 dementia. MMSE average score from sample was 26.18 (SD 3.49), GDS 3.15 (SD 3.23), FDT inhibition 15.04 (SD 29.74) and FDT flexibility 44.45 (SD 91.16). Correlation results are shown on Table 1. Conclusions: we observed, as in a previous work, that the population with a higher cognitive performance presented less depressive symptoms. Furthermore, we found that low cognitive performance subjects had inhibition and flexibility problems. However, it would be important to obtain the comparative analysis of the three groups (normal, MCI And dementia) and to enlarge the MCI and dementia sample.