Education does not equally influence all the mini mental state examination subscales and items: Inferences from a Brazilian community sample

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 223-230

  Laks, Jerson ^a   Coutinho, Evandro Silva Freire ^b   Junger, Washington ^c   Silveira, Heitor ^a   Mouta, Raphael ^a   Baptista, Elienai Maria Rubim ^d   Contino, Ana Lucia Barros ^d   Barca, Maria Lage ^a,e   Selbaek, Geir ^f   Engedal, Knut ^e   Engelhardt, Eliasz ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d General Health System/Ministry of Health   (Brazil)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^f INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognition; Dementia; Educational status; Mental health

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 77958479342     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462010005000009     Document Type: Article

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