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Limits of the ‘Mini-Mental State’ as a screening test for dementia and delirium among hospital patients
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Synopsis: With a psychiatrist's standardized clinical diagnosis as the criterion, the ‘Mini-Mental State’ Examination (MMSE) was 87% sensitive and 82% specific in detecting dementia and delirium among hospital patients on a general medical ward. The false positive ratio was 39% and the false negative ratio was 5 %. All false positives had less than 9 years of education; many were 60 years of age or older. Performance on specific MMSE items was related to education or age. These findings confirm the MMSE's value as a screen instrument for dementia and delirium when later, more intensive diagnostic enquiry is possible; they reinforce earlier suggestions that the MMSE alone cannot yield a diagnosis for these conditions.
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- Authors
- Anthony, J. C., LeResche, L., Niaz, U., Von Korff, M. R., & Folstein, M. F.
- Venue
- Psychological Medicine
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 1982-05
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 397-408
- ISSN
- 0033-2917 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-8978
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- W2159824297
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- 1,110
- References
- 1
- FWCI
- 11.19
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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