PURPOSE The purpose of this report is to evaluate the reliability and validity of the five-item Evaluation to Sign Consent (ESC), a measure that can guide determination of an older adult's capacity to consent for research. DESIGN AND METHODS Information was obtained from 346 nursing home residents from six facilities who were being enrolled into a randomized controlled trial testing a restora...

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...

The Mini-Mental State Examination is a widely used cognitive screening measure. The purpose of the present study was to assess how 5 specific clusters of Mini-Mental State Examination items (ie, subscores) correlate with and predict specific areas of daily functioning in dementia patients, 61 patients with varied forms of dementia were administered the Mini-Mental State Examination and an obser...

This study assesses psychometric properties of the Modified Mini-Mental State Exam (3MS) and present population norms and demographic risk factors for low 3MS scores. The subjects were 885 persons aged 65 and older who took the 3MS as part of the Stirling County Study, a population-based longitudinal study of adult residents of a county in Atlantic Canada. 3MS scores were not dependent on the s...

Background: The prevalence of cognitive disorders among older individuals is considered to be one of the most significant and controversial health problems. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of Superbrain yoga exercises on the older adult’s cognitive status. This study was conducted with the aim of determining the effect of Superbrain yoga exercises on the older ad...

BACKGROUND Clinical and experimental evidence suggests that chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with a variety of mental symptoms that range from cognitive slowing to mental confusion and dementia. PURPOSE To test the hypothesis that COPD leads to cognitive impairment in the absence of acute confusion or dementia. METHOD The global cognitive status of 30 patients with...

An early reference to the clinical evaluation of “delirium” appears in the seventh chapter of the Talmudic tractate dealing with divorce documents and proceedings.1 The Rabbis in Mishnaic (ie, Tannaim) and Talmudic (ie, Amoraim) times, extending from the beginning of the Common Era to ~800 CE, needed absolute assurance regarding a husband’s willful intention to divorce his wife for a variety of...