title: Seven minute screen performance in a normal elderly sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Seven Minute Screen (7MS) is a brief cognitive case-finding instrument for dementia. The test is composed of four subtests that assess performance with regard to orientation, memory, visuospatial ability and language. The objective of this study was to describe 7MS performance in a normal sample of people aged 65 years and older.
  
  
  METHODS
  The subjects were 66 Norwegian community-dwellers who met selection criteria modified from the Mayo Older American Normative Studies standard. Mean age was 73.2 years, age range was 65-93 years, and mean Mini-Mental State Examination score was 29.06, range 26-30.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analysis of the 7MS subtests revealed relatively modest influence of age, education and gender on test performance. The composite 7MS performance scores were associated with education. Normal performance was expressed as means, standard deviations and percentile values for the age groups 65-74 years and 75 + years.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  7MS performance is described for a normal sample. These data have the potential to increase the clinicians' ability to interpret 7MS test results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway. arvid.skjerve@olaviken.no
authors.forename: Arvid
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Skjerve
authors.forename: Inger Hilde
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: Nordhus
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Engedal
authors.forename: Ståle
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pallesen
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Braekhus
authors.forename: Harald A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Nygaard
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008609:Mental Status Schedule / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D009664:Norway; D011594:Psychometrics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results