title: [Psychometric properties of the French version of the Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) in elderly patients evaluated in geriatric psychiatry].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This research evaluates the psychometric properties of the French version of the Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS), an instrument for the screening of dementia, in a sample of patients seen in geriatric psychiatry.
  
  
  METHODS
  Subjects (N = 94, 63 to 93 years of age) were outpatients of a service in geriatric psychiatry. In addition to the 3MS, a battery of tests evaluating the cognitive functioning and depressive symptomatology was administered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Test-retest reliability coefficient was 0.87 for a subsample of 35 subjects. An exploratory factor analysis revealed 4 factors accounting for 63.2% of the variance. Cut-off scores of 79 to 80 (with years of education > or = 8) and 71 to 72 (with years of education < or = 7) presented the best combination sensitivity/specificity, respectively 0.80 and 0.96.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study documents the psychometric properties of the French version of the 3MS for use in patients seen in geriatric psychiatry, in suggesting cut-off scores which take into account the level of education. This study underlines the influence of sociodemographic variables on test performance.
authors.affiliation: Ecole de Psychologie, Université d'Ottawa, Ontario.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cappeliez
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Quintal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blouin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gagné
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bourgeois
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Finlay
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Robillard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008609:Mental Status Schedule / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011792:Quebec; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: Les propriétés psychométriques de la version française du Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) avec des patients âgés suivis en psychiatrie gériatrique.