title: Reliability of the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination in the context of a two-phase community prevalence study.
abstract: Data collected through the Canadian Study of Health and Aging were analyzed to estimate the reliability of the Modified Mini-Mental State (3MS) Examination when used in the context of a two-phase community prevalence study. During the screening phase of the study, subjects were tested in their home by a lay interviewer, either in English or French. All subjects scoring 77 or under on the 3MS and a sub-sample of those scoring over 77 were reassessed by a nurse during a clinical examination, following which subjects were classified as normal, cognitively impaired but not demented, or demented. Results indicate substantial reproducibility of the 3MS, slightly higher than that of the Mini-Mental State Examination from which it is derived. The english versions of these tests appear slightly more reproducible than their French counterparts.
authors.affiliation: Centre de recherche en gérontologie et gériatrie, Hôpital d'Youville, Sherbrooke, Qué., Canada.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hébert
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada; D003071:Cognition; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D015995:Prevalence; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014177:Translations