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

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1242-1250

  Keskinoglu, Pembe ^a   Ucku, Reyhan ^b   Yener, Görsev ^b   Yaka, Erdem ^b   Kurt, Pinar ^b   Tunca, Zeliha ^b  

^a Izmir Provincial Health Directorate   (Turkey)

^b DOKUZ EYLUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cut off point; Dementia; Elderly; Reliability; Turkish version of Mini Mental State Examination; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; KAPPA STATISTICS; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TURKEY;

EID: 70350741347     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2252     Document Type: Article

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