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Psychometric characteristics of the Mini-Mental State Examination in a community population - A grade of membership analysis: Part I

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Hughes, DC; Fillenbaum, GG; Woodbury, MA; Siegler, IC
Published in: International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
May 1, 1996

The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), a brief, widely used measure of cognitive status, was designed to assess functioning in five areas (orientation, registration, attention and calculation, recall and language). Using a grade of membership analysis, which does not rely on a multivariate normal distribution or assume an underlying continuum for dichotomously scored variables, we examined data from a sample of 1317 community residents 18 years of age and older who made two or more errors on the MMSE. Our findings suggest that for these primarily cognitively intact persons, the items of the MMSE varied in level of difficulty; multiple distinct areas of cognitive functioning were not identified. The results of confirmatory testing using clinic populations with cognitive deficit are given in the accompanying article.

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International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

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0885-6230

Publication Date

May 1, 1996

Volume

11

Issue

5

Start / End Page

439 / 455

Related Subject Headings

  • Geriatrics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences
 

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Hughes, D. C., Fillenbaum, G. G., Woodbury, M. A., & Siegler, I. C. (1996). Psychometric characteristics of the Mini-Mental State Examination in a community population - A grade of membership analysis: Part I. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 11(5), 439–455. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199605)11:5<439::AID-GPS334>3.0.CO;2-0
Hughes, D. C., G. G. Fillenbaum, M. A. Woodbury, and I. C. Siegler. “Psychometric characteristics of the Mini-Mental State Examination in a community population - A grade of membership analysis: Part I.” International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry 11, no. 5 (May 1, 1996): 439–55. https://doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199605)11:5<439::AID-GPS334>3.0.CO;2-0.
Hughes DC, Fillenbaum GG, Woodbury MA, Siegler IC. Psychometric characteristics of the Mini-Mental State Examination in a community population - A grade of membership analysis: Part I. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 1996 May 1;11(5):439–55.
Hughes, D. C., et al. “Psychometric characteristics of the Mini-Mental State Examination in a community population - A grade of membership analysis: Part I.” International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol. 11, no. 5, May 1996, pp. 439–55. Scopus, doi:10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199605)11:5<439::AID-GPS334>3.0.CO;2-0.
Hughes DC, Fillenbaum GG, Woodbury MA, Siegler IC. Psychometric characteristics of the Mini-Mental State Examination in a community population - A grade of membership analysis: Part I. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. 1996 May 1;11(5):439–455.
Journal cover image

Published In

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

DOI

ISSN

0885-6230

Publication Date

May 1, 1996

Volume

11

Issue

5

Start / End Page

439 / 455

Related Subject Headings

  • Geriatrics
  • 1702 Cognitive Sciences
  • 1701 Psychology
  • 1103 Clinical Sciences