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Reliability and validity of the telephone version of the Cantonese Mini-mental State Examination (T-CMMSE) when used with elderly patients with and without dementia in Hong Kong

Authors

Wong, Shui Sang, Fong, Kenneth Nai Kuen

Journal

International Psychogeriatrics / IPA, Volume: 21, No.: 2, Pages.: 345-353

Year of Publication

2009

Abstract

Background: The objectives of this study were to examine the reliability and validity of a 26-point telephone version of the Cantonese Mini-mental State Examination (T-CMMSE) for a sample of 65 elderly patients, comprising 31 patients without dementia and 34 patients with dementia, in an acute regional hospital in Hong Kong, and to identify an optimal cut-off score to discriminate between those patients with dementia and those without.; Methods: Participants were rated by using the face-to-face Mini-mental State Examination (MMSE) before inpatient discharge and the T-CMMSE after inpatient discharge, and were rated separately by two raters in two telephone follow-up sessions using the T-CMMSE.; Results: The results of the study indicated that the scale had excellent inter-and intra-rater reliabilities. There was substantial agreement between the two versions of the examination (kappa > 0.6-0.8 < or =) for orientation, registration, and recall items. An optimal cut-off score of < or = 16 was suggested for the T-CMMSE to discriminate between those with and without dementia.; Conclusion: The T-CMMSE can be used in telephone follow-ups as an alternative to the conventional face-to-face version.;

Bibtex Citation

@article{Wong_2009, doi = {10.1017/s1041610209008588}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1041610209008588}, year = 2009, month = {feb}, publisher = {Cambridge University Press ({CUP})}, volume = {21}, number = {02}, pages = {345}, author = {Shui Sang Wong and Kenneth Nai Kuen Fong}, title = {Reliability and validity of the telephone version of the Cantonese Mini-mental State Examination (T-{CMMSE}) when used with elderly patients with and without dementia in Hong Kong}, journal = {{IPG}} }

Keywords

aged, aged, 80 and over, alzheimer disease, diagnosis, ethnology, female, hong kong, humans, interviews as topic, male, mental status schedule, observer variation, psychometrics, reproducibility of results, statistics & numerical data

Countries of Study

Hong Kong

Types of Dementia

Dementia (general / unspecified)

Types of Study

Non randomised controlled trial

Type of Interventions

Diagnostic Target Identification

Diagnostic Targets

Cognition testing (inc. task driven tests such as clock drawing)