Distribution of Mini-Mental State Examination scores among urban community-dwelling older adults in Japan

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 718-725

  Sakuma, Naoko ^a   Ura, Chiaki ^a   Miyamae, Fumiko ^a   Inagaki, Hiroki ^a   Ito, Kae ^a   Niikawa, Hirotoshi ^a,b   Ijuin, Mutsuo ^a   Okamura, Tsuyoshi ^a,b   Sugiyama, Mika ^a   Awata, Shuichi ^a  

^a TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

community based norms; MMSE; older adults; Tokyo; urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE (CITIZEN); MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION; AGE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PROCEDURES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; COGNITION DISORDERS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; JAPAN; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TOKYO; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84978513730     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4513     Document Type: Article

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