Evaluation of the Mini-Mental State Examination's Internal Consistency in a Community-Based Sample of Mexican-American and European-American Elders: Results from the San Antonio Longitudinal Study of Aging

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 822-827

  Espino, David V ^a   Lichtenstein, Michael J ^a,b   Palmer, Raymond F ^a   Hazuda, Helen P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Internal consistency; Mexican Americans; Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; TEXAS;

EID: 2342652320     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52226.x     Document Type: Review

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