| Journal: | Cadernos de saude publica |
| Database: | PERIÓDICA |
| System number: | 000293830 |
| ISSN: | 0102-311X |
| Authors: | Laks, Jerson1 Baptista, Elienai Maria Rubim2 Contino, Ana Lucia Barros Paula, Estevao Oliveira de Engelhardt, Eliasz |
| Institutions: | 1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Instituto de Psiquiatria, Rio de Janeiro. Brasil 2Secretaria Municipal de Saude de Santo Antonio de Padua, Santo Antonio de Padua. Brasil |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Season: | Feb |
| Volumen: | 23 |
| Number: | 2 |
| Pages: | 315-319 |
| Country: | Brasil |
| Language: | Inglés |
| Document type: | Artículo |
| Approach: | Aplicado |
| English abstract | The objective of this study was to assess Mini-Mental State Examination norms of a functionally normal sample of community-dwelling elderly. Illiterate and low-educated subjects who scored less than 5 on the Pfeffer Functional Activities Questionnaire (PFAQ) [n = 397; female = 269; mean age = 72.15 (SD = 7.24) years] had the 5th, 25th, 50th, and 75th percentiles calculated according to age (65-74; 75-84 years). Overall MMSE score was 21.97 (SD = 4.48). Mean MMSE for illiterate younger individuals was 19.46 (SD = 3.47), and the quartile distribution was 14, 17, 19, and 21. MMSE of subjects with 1-8 years of schooling was 23.90 (3.87), and the distribution was 15, 22, 24, and 27. MMSE of older illiterate subjects was 18.11 (SD = 3.63), and the distribution of scores was 13, 16, 18, and 20, whereas subjects with 1-8 years of schooling scored 23.81 (SD = 4.01) and the distribution was 15, 22, 24, and 27. These MMSE normative data may help improve the detection of cognitive impairment in Brazil, mainly in the primary clinical setting |
| Portuguese abstract | Avaliar normas do Mini-Exame do Estado Mental (MEEM) de acordo com a idade e escolaridade de idosos vivendo na comunidade. Calcularam-se os quartis do MEEM para idosos com 65 a 74 e 75 a 84 anos, analfabetos e com 1-8 anos de escolaridade, com pontuação menor que cinco no Questionário de Atividades Funcional de Pfeffer (QAF) [n = 397; feminino = 269; idade = 72,15 (dp = 7,24) anos].O MEEM total foi 21,97 (dp = 4,48). Nos indivíduos mais jovens, o MEEM entre analfabetos foi 19 (3,47) com quartis de 14, 17, 19, 21. O MEEM dos com 1-8 anos de escolaridade foi 23,90 (dp = 3,87), e a distribuição foi 15, 22, 24, 27. O MEEM dos analfabetos mais idosos foi 18,11 (dp = 3,63) com quartis de 13, 16, 18, 20, enquanto a pontuação dos sujeitos com 1-8 anos foi 23,81 (dp = 4,01), quartis de 15, 22, 24, 27. Os dados de normatização do MEEM podem ajudar o reconhecimento de distúrbios cognitivos no Brasil, principalmente no atendimento primário |
| Disciplines: | Medicina |
| Keyword: | Diagnóstico, Geriatría, Salud pública, Ancianos, Escolaridad, Cognición, Pruebas diagnósticas |
| Keyword: | Medicine, Diagnosis, Geriatrics, Public health, Aged, Schooling, Cognition, Diagnostic tests |
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