The Mattis Dementia Rating Scale in nursing home octogenarians and nonagenarians: Effects of age and education

Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 114-118

  Bennett, Alexandre ^a,b   Nadler, Jodi ^a,b   Spigler, Melanie ^b   Rafalson, Luba ^a   Abraham, Susy ^b   Relkin, Norman ^a,b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Hebrew Home Aged Riverdale   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENESCENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0030694542     PISSN: 08919887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/089198879701000305     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Johansson B, Zarit SH, Berg S. Changes in cognitive functioning of the oldest old. J Gerontol 1992; 47:75-80.
2. Benton AL, Eslinger PJ, Damasio AR. Normative observations on neuropsychological test performance in old age. J Clin Neuropsychol 1981; 3:33-42.
3. Van Gorp WG, Satz P, Mitrushina M. Neuropsychological processes associated with normal aging. Dev Neuropsychol 1990; 6:279-290.
4. Mitrushina M, Satz P. Performance of four age groups of normal elderly on the Rey-Auditory Verbal Learning Test. J Clin Psychol 1991; 473:351-357.
5. Osterweil D, Mulford P, Syndulko K, Martin M. Cognitive function in old and very old residents of a residential facility: relationship to age, education, and dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 1994; 42:766-773.
6. Howieson DB, Holm LA, Kaye JA, et al. Neurologic function in the optimally healthy oldest old: neuropsychological evaluation. Neurology 1993; 43:1882-1886.
7. Neils J, Baris JM, Carter C, et al. Effects of age, education, and living environment on Boston Naming Test performance. J Speech Hear Res 1995; 38:1143-1149.
8. Folstein MF, Folstein SE. "Mini-Mental State." A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for clinicians. J Psychiatr Res 1975; 12:189-198.
9. Crum RM, Anthony JC, Bassett SS. Population-based norms for the Mini-Mental State Examination by age and education level. JAMA 1993; 269:2386-2391.
10. Cummings JA. Mini-Mental State Examination: norms, normals, and numbers. JAMA 1993; 269:2420-2421.
11. Uhlmann RF, Larson EB. Effect of education on the Mini-Mental State Examination as a screening test for dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc 1991; 39:876-880.
12. Mattis S. Dementia rating scale professional manual. Odessa, FL: Psychological Assessment Resources, 1988.
13. Green RC, Woodard JL, Green J. Validity of the Mattis Dementia Rating Scale for detection of cognitive impairment in the elderly. J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 1995; 7:357-360.
14. Monsch AU, Bondi MW, Butters N, et al. Comparisons of verbal fluency tasks in the detection of dementia of the Alzheimer type. Arch Neurol 1992; 49:1253-1258.
15. Nelson A, Fogel BS, Faust D. Bedside cognitive screening instruments: a critical assessment. J Nerv Ment Dis 1986; 174: 73-83.
16. Salmon DP, Kwo-on-Yuen PF, Heindel WC, et al. Differentiation of Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease with the Dementia Rating Scale. Arch Neurol 1989; 46:1204-1208.
17. Paolo AM, Troster AI, Glatt SL, et al. Influence of demographic variables on the Dementia Rating Scale. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1995; 8:38-41.
18. Schmidt R, Freidl W, Fazekas F, et al. The Mattis Dementia Rating Scale: normative data from 1,001 healthy volunteers. Neurology 1994; 44:964-966.
19. Nadler JD, Relkin NR, Cohen MS, et al. Mental status testing in the elderly nursing home population. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1995; 8:177-183.
20. American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th Ed. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, 1994.
21. Burke WJ, Roccaforte WH, Wengel SP. The short form of the Geriatric Depression Scale: a comparison with the 30-item test. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 1991; 4:173-178.
22. McGivney SA, Mulvihill M, Taylor B. Validating the GDS depression screen in the nursing home. J Am Geriatr Soc 1994; 42:490-492.
23. Sheik JI, Yesavage JA. Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS): recent evidence and development of a shorter version. In: Brink TL, ed. Clinical gerontology: a guide to assessment and intervention. New York: Hawthorn Press, 1986:165-173.
24. SPSS for Windows Release 6.0. Chicago: SPSS, Inc., 1993.
25. Mittenberg W, Seidenberg M, O'Leary DS, DiGiulio DV. Changes in cerebral functioning associated with normal aging. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 1989; 11:918-932.
26. Wechsler D. Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale - Revised Manual. San Antonio, TX: Psychological Corporation, 1981.
27. Benton AL, Hamsher Kd. Multilingual Aphasia Examination Manual - Revised. Iowa City: University of Iowa, 1976.