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Predicting Intellectual Level from the Mini—Mental State Examination
Author(s) -
Farber Jonathan F.,
Schmitt Frederick A.,
Logue Patrick E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/j.1532-5415.1988.tb04020.x
Subject(s) - medicine , wechsler adult intelligence scale , mini–mental state examination , test (biology) , alzheimer's disease , intelligence quotient , dementia , borderline intellectual functioning , mental state , psychiatry , disease , gerontology , physical therapy , cognition , paleontology , biology
The Mini‐Mental State Examination and the WAIS‐R were administered to 105 patients in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. MMSE scores correlated 0.83 with full scale 1Q, which indicates that the MMSE may be a reasonable alternative measure of overall intellectual functioning in Alzheimer patients, for whom more extensive testing is impractical or clinically inappropriate. The prediction formula is presented, along with a prediction table. Folstein and McHugh 6 report that, as the WAIS Performance IQ falls below 100 in demented patients, that there is a concomitant decline in the MMSE below 24 points. Data from our laboratory further support what some clinicians have long suggested, ie, that in those cases where only the mental status examination can be given, this short test can provide a reasonably valid and reliable prediction of the patient's IQ score.