title: The Agreement between the MMSE and IQCODE Tests in a Community-Based Sample of Subjects Aged 70 Years or Older Receiving In-Home Nursing: An Explorative Study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  It was the aim of this study to compare the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) with the Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly (IQCODE) and to explore the characteristics of subjects with possible dementia with only one of the two tools.
  
  
  METHODS
  We used a random sample of patients aged 70+ receiving social service or in-home nursing. The patients were tested with the MMSE, and the next of kin was interviewed using the following: the IQCODE, the Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia (CSDD), the Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), instrumental activities of daily living (IADL), personal ADL (PADL) and the General Medical Health Rating (GMHR).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Subjects with dementia defined only according to the MMSE showed a pattern of scores on IADL, PADL, CSDD, NPI-10 and GMHR similar to the no-dementia group according to both the MMSE and the IQCODE. Those with dementia defined only according to the IQCODE showed a pattern of scores similar to the possible dementia group according to both the MMSE and the IQCODE.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Ottestad, Tønsberg, Norway ; Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway ; Faculty of Health, Care and Nursing, Gjøvik University College, Gjøvik, Norway.
authors.forename: Øyvind
authors.initials: Ø
authors.lastname: Kirkevold
authors.affiliation: Centre for Old Age Psychiatric Research, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Ottestad, Tønsberg, Norway ; Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Ageing and Health, Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
authors.forename: Geir
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Selbæk
keywords: Dementia; Informant Questionnaire for Cognitive Decline in the Elderly; Mini-Mental State Examination