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Scoring nonresponse on the Mini-Mental State Examination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2009

G. G. Fillenbaum,
L. K. George and
D. G. Blazer
G. G. Fillenbaum*
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
L. K. George
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
D. G. Blazer
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development and Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, USA
*
1 Address for correspondence: Dr Gerda G. Fillenbaum, Box 3003, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA.
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Synopsis

Alternative procedures for coding nonresponse on the Mini-Mental State Examination (as error or as correct) results in different classification of 13% of a random sample of 1931 subjects aged 60 and over. Comparison of responders' and nonresponders' ability to perform activities of daily living, and examination of the relative difficulty level of omitted items indicates that, in epidemiological surveys, scoring nonresponse as error is more likely to be correct.

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Psychological Medicine , Volume 18 , Issue 4 , November 1988, pp. 1021 - 1025
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1988

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