The validity of the MMSE and SMQ as screening tests for dementia in the elderly general population-- a study of one rural community in Japan |
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Authors: | Maki N Ikeda M Hokoishi K Nebu A Komori K Hirono N Tanabe H |
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Affiliation: | Department of Neuropsychiatry, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To compare the validity of the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Short-Memory Questionnaire (SMQ) as screening tests to detect dementia in the elderly general population. SUBJECTS: Six hundred and sixty-two subjects and their informants from the elderly general population sample who had completed these tests. SETTING: One rural community survey in Japan. METHOD: We used receiver-operating characteristic analysis to compare the performance of the MMSE and the SMQ with the clinical diagnosis of dementia according to DSM-III-R. RESULTS: The areas under the receiver-operating characteristic curve of the MMSE and the SMQ were 0.980 (SE = 0.006) and 0.982 (SE = 0.008), respectively. This differed from chance to a highly significant degree for both the MMSE and the SMQ, but the difference between the two scales was not statistically significant. CONCLUSION: As screening tests to detect dementia in the elderly general population, the SMQ which is assessed by informants demonstrates a statistically significant discriminating ability as well as the MMSE. |
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