Korean version of the Baylor Profound Mental Status Examination: a brief staging measure for patients with severe Alzheimer's disease.
BACKGROUND
The Baylor Profound Mental Status Examination (BPMSE) was modeled to provide a brief patient-derived rating scale for staging and tracking patients with severe stages of Alzheimer's disease (AD).


METHODS
The BPMSE was administered to 91 patients with probable AD (Korean version of the MMSE less than 16) according to the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association criteria. The patients were also evaluated using the Korean version of the Severe Impairment Battery (SIB-Ko), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), Global Deterioration Scale (GDS), Barthel Activities of Daily Living (B-ADL), the Korean version of the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (K-IADL), the Korean version of the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (K-NPI) and the Functional Assessment Staging (FAST).


RESULTS
There were significant correlations between the BPMSE- Ko and K-MMSE scores (r = 0.66, p < 0.001) and between the BPMSE-Ko and SIB-Ko scores (r = 0.83, p < 0.001). The BPMSE-Ko correlated with the CDR, GDS, B-ADL, K-IADL, K-NPI and FAST scores (p < 0.001). The BPMSE-Ko scores continued to decline even after the K-MMSE reached values near 0.


CONCLUSIONS
The BPMSE-Ko is a time efficient and useful tool to measure cognitive function in patients with severe AD.
Na
H R
HR
Department of Neurology, Bobath Memorial Hospital, Seongnam, Korea.
Lee
S H
SH
Lee
J S
JS
Doody
R S
RS
Kim
S Y
SY
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D018450:Disease Progression; D004493:Education; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea; D007802:Language; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results