TY - JOUR
T1 - A normative, community-based study of mini-mental state in elderly adults
T2 - The effect of age and educational level
AU - Ishizaki, Junichi
AU - Meguro, Kenichi
AU - Ambo, Hideo
AU - Shimada, Masumi
AU - Yamaguchi, Satoshi
AU - Hayasaka, Chika
AU - Komatsu, Hiroshi
AU - Sekita, Yasuyoshi
AU - Yamadori, Atsushi
PY - 1998/11
Y1 - 1998/11
N2 - We investigated community-based data of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of elderly residents along with the effects of age and educational level MMSE was planned for all residents over 65 years of age in a town in northern Japan. The number of elders who took the MMSE was 2,266 (90%). The score significantly declined with age and lower educational level, although no effect of sex was apparent. For the MMSE subitems, all the values except for that of naming showed effects of both age and educational level. Those screened by MMSE who fell in the range of cognitive impairment (< 24) accounted for 21.8% and those with severe cognitive impairment (< 18) constituted 6.0%. Despite the differences in language and culture, the mean scores are remarkably similar between Japan and other countries. This is the first normative, community-based study of MMSE among elderly adults in Japan.
AB - We investigated community-based data of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) scores of elderly residents along with the effects of age and educational level MMSE was planned for all residents over 65 years of age in a town in northern Japan. The number of elders who took the MMSE was 2,266 (90%). The score significantly declined with age and lower educational level, although no effect of sex was apparent. For the MMSE subitems, all the values except for that of naming showed effects of both age and educational level. Those screened by MMSE who fell in the range of cognitive impairment (< 24) accounted for 21.8% and those with severe cognitive impairment (< 18) constituted 6.0%. Despite the differences in language and culture, the mean scores are remarkably similar between Japan and other countries. This is the first normative, community-based study of MMSE among elderly adults in Japan.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronb/53B.6.P359
DO - 10.1093/geronb/53B.6.P359
M3 - Article
C2 - 9826967
AN - SCOPUS:0031725106
VL - 53
SP - P359-P363
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
SN - 1079-5014
IS - 6
ER -