Mini-Mental State Exam Status of Community-Dwelling Cognitively Intact Centenarians
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Mini-Mental State Exam status of community-dwelling cognitively intact centenarians.
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 MMS...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Psychogeriatrics
سال: 1995
ISSN: 1041-6102,1741-203X
DOI: 10.1017/s104161029500216x