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Mini-Mental State Exam Status of Community-Dwelling Cognitively Intact Centenarians

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 January 2005

Philip A. Holtsberg ,
Leonard W. Poon ,
Carol A. Noble  and
Peter Martin
Philip A. Holtsberg
Affiliation:
University of Georgia Gerontology Center and Department of Psychology, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
Leonard W. Poon
Affiliation:
University of Georgia Gerontology Center and Department of Psychology, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
Carol A. Noble
Affiliation:
University of Georgia Gerontology Center and Department of Psychology, Athens, Georgia, U.S.A.
Peter Martin
Affiliation:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa, U.S.A.
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Abstract

Mini-Mental State Exam (MMSE) scores for 247 community-dwelling, well-functioning individuals in their 60s (n = 88), in their 80s (n = 92), and 100 or older (n = 67) were compared to examine overall and component MMSE differences. The concomitant influences of visual or literacy deficits, gender, education, race, income, and activities of daily living on MMSE performance were analyzed. Mean MMSE scores of 27.8, 27.1, and 24.8, respectively, for the three cohorts were significantly different, even when all concomitant variables were controlled. After the concomitant variables were controlled, results indicated that there were no age group differences on five MMSE items: naming, repeating, listening and obeying, reading and obeying, and writing sentences. Participants with visual or literacy deficits scored 1.5 points lower than other partimcipants, and displayed performance deficits in four items form the Read & Write MMSE division: naming, reading and obeying, writing sentences, and praxis. Education and gender were significant covariates for total and divisional MMSE scores.

Type
Research and Reviews
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International Psychogeriatrics , Volume 7 , Issue 3 , September 1995 , pp. 417 - 427
Copyright
© 1995 Springer Publishing Company

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