TY  - JOUR
AU  - Stein, Janine
AU  - Luppa, Melanie
AU  - Kaduszkiewicz, Hanna
AU  - Eisele, Marion
AU  - Weyerer, Siegfried
AU  - Werle, Jochen
AU  - Bickel, Horst
AU  - Mösch, Edelgard
AU  - Wiese, Birgitt
AU  - Prokein, Jana
AU  - Pentzek, Michael
AU  - Fuchs, Angela
AU  - König, Hans-Helmut
AU  - Brettschneider, Christian
AU  - Heser, Kathrin
AU  - Wagner, Michael
AU  - Riedel-Heller, Steffi G
AU  - Scherer, Martin
AU  - Maier, Wolfgang
TI  - Is the Short Form of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) a better screening instrument for dementia in older primary care patients than the original MMSE? Results of the German study on ageing, cognition, and dementia in primary care patients (AgeCoDe).
JO  - Psychological assessment
VL  - 27
IS  - 3
SN  - 1939-134X
CY  - Arlington, Va.
PB  - American Psychological Association
M1  - DZNE-2020-07613
SP  - 895-904
PY  - 2015
AB  - The aim of the study was to investigate the psychometric properties of a Short Form of the Mini-Mental State Examination (SMMSE) for the screening of dementia in older primary care patients. Data were obtained from a large longitudinal cohort study of initially nondemented individuals recruited via primary care chart registries and followed at 18-month intervals. Item and scale parameters for MMSE and SMMSE scores were analyzed and cross-validated for 2 follow-up assessments (n1 = 2,657 and n2 = 2,274). Binary logistic regression and receiver-operating-characteristic (ROC) curve analyses were conducted in order to assess diagnostic accuracy parameters for MMSE and SMMSE scores. Cross-sectional differentiation between dementia-free and dementia patients yielded moderate to good results for MMSE and SMMSE scores. With regard to most diagnostic accuracy parameters, SMMSE scores did not outperform the MMSE scores. The current study provides first evidence regarding the psychometric properties of the SMMSE score in a sample of older primary care patients. However, our findings do not confirm previous findings that the SMMSE is a more accurate screening instrument for dementia than the original MMSE. Further studies are needed in order to assess and to develop short, reliable and valid instruments for routine cognitive screening in clinical practice and primary care settings.
KW  - Aged
KW  - Aged, 80 and over
KW  - Cognition
KW  - Cognitive Aging: psychology
KW  - Cohort Studies
KW  - Cross-Sectional Studies
KW  - Dementia: diagnosis
KW  - Dementia: psychology
KW  - Female
KW  - Humans
KW  - Logistic Models
KW  - Longitudinal Studies
KW  - Male
KW  - Mass Screening
KW  - Mental Status Schedule
KW  - Neuropsychological Tests
KW  - Primary Health Care
KW  - Psychometrics
KW  - ROC Curve
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:25822830
DO  - DOI:10.1037/pas0000076
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/141291
ER  -