An adaptation of the Korean mini-mental state examination (K-MMSE) in elderly Koreans: Demographic influence and population-based norms (the AGE study)

Changsu Han; Sangmee Ahn Jo; Inho Jo; Eunkyung Kim; Moon Ho Park; Yeonwook Kang

doi:10.1016/j.archger.2007.08.012

An adaptation of the Korean mini-mental state examination (K-MMSE) in elderly Koreans: Demographic influence and population-based norms (the AGE study)

Changsu Han, Sangmee Ahn Jo, Inho Jo, Eunkyung Kim, Moon Ho Park, Yeonwook Kang

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Abstract

The mini-mental state examination (MMSE) is a brief global instrument used to assess cognitive abilities, and has been translated into the K-MMSE. The clinical value of the K-MMSE is restricted by the small amount of normative data available, especially for the elderly population. We investigated the population-based data of K-MMSE scores to obtain the norms specific for the sociodemographic characteristics of elderly Koreans. The K-MMSE was applied to a cognitively normal sample of 977 subjects aged 60-84 years in Ansan, South Korea. We determined whether the sociodemographic characteristics were related to the K-MMSE scores and calculated the norms. The K-MMSE score was significantly associated with age, gender, and level of education, and this result was used to develop normative data with age, gender, and educational strata. The normative data based on age, gender, and level of education presented here are suitable for clinical use.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	302-310
Number of pages	9
Journal	Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Volume	47
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.archger.2007.08.012
Publication status	Published - 2008 Nov
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
This work was mainly supported by Biomedical Brain Research Center Grant from the Ministry of Health and Welfare (0405-NS01-0704-0001 to Dr. Sangmee Ahn Jo), partly by Korea University Grant (to Dr. Moon Ho Park) and the grant (A050079) of the Korea Health 21 R&D Project from Ministry of Health & Welfare.

Keywords

K-MMSE
Korean
Norms

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Health(social science)
Ageing
Gerontology
Geriatrics and Gerontology

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