Norms for the mini-mental state examination from a sample of Sri Lankan older people

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 666-670

  De Silva, Ranil ^a   Disanayaka, Sarada ^a   De Zoysa, Nayomi ^a   Sanjeewanie, Niluka ^a   Somaratne, S ^b   Foster, Jonathan ^c   Srikanth, S ^d   Kathriarachchi, Samudra T ^a   Martins, Ralph M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^c EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Apollo Hospital Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Care homes; Elders; MMSE; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; REFERENCE VALUE; SCORING SYSTEM; SRI LANKA;

AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; SRI LANKA;

EID: 67649382351     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2168     Document Type: Article

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