Reliability and validity of revised Turkish version of Mini Mental State Examination (rMMSE-T) in community-dwelling educated and uneducated elderly

• Published in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry Vol. 24; no. 11; pp. 1242 - 1250
• Main Authors: Keskinoglu, Pembe, Ucku, Reyhan, Yener, Görsev, Yaka, Erdem, Kurt, Pınar, Tunca, Zeliha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, UK John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.2009; Psychology Press; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Area Under Curve; Biological and medical sciences; Correlation analysis; Cross-Sectional Studies; cut-off point; Dementia; Dementia - diagnosis; Educational Status; elderly; Female; Geriatric psychiatry; Geriatric psychology; Humans; Male; Medical diagnosis; Medical sciences; Mental Status Schedule - standards; Older people; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychometrics. Diagnostic aid systems; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Reliability; Reproducibility of Results; Techniques and methods; Turkey; Turkish version of Mini Mental State Examination; validity; Turkey; Mini Mental State Examination Folstein et al; Education level; Turkish version of Mini Mental State Examination; Neuropsychological test; Internal consistency; reliability; Turkish; Interrater agreement; Cross sectional study; At home; Degenerative disease; Predictive validity; Human; Nervous system diseases; Foreign language version; Revised drafting; cut-off point; Test reliability; Cerebral disorder; Senile dementia; Test validation; Sociodemographic factor; Cutoff note; Central nervous system disease; Receiver operating characteristic curves; dementia; validity; Elderly

Objective To evaluate the reliability and validity of the revised Turkish version of Mini Mental State Examination (rMMSE‐T) in educated and uneducated community‐dwelling elderly, to re‐organize the present Turkish version of MMSE and to determine cut‐off point of the revised test. Methods This cros...