The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire: assessing cognitive ability in nursing home residents.
The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire: assessing cognitive ability in nursing home residents.
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简短的便携式心理状态调查问卷:评估疗养院居民的认知能力。
DOI:
10.1097/00006199-199911000-00009
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发表时间:
1999
期刊:
影响因子:
2.5
通讯作者:
West,RL
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文献类型:
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作者:
Welch,DC;West,RL
Background:The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) and other brief tests of cognitive functioning have been widely used to screen for cognitive dysfunction; however, they are rarely used to assess cognitive ability.Objectives:To discern whether the SPMSQ might adequately substitute for longer assessments in the prediction of memory performance in older adults.Method:The SPMSQ and grocery list and prose recall tests were administered to 67 cognitively intact nursing home residents (mean age= 75 years). Demographic characteristics and self-rated health were recorded.Results:The number of items missed on the SPMSQ predicted up to 32% of the variance in more extensive list and prose recall measures, even with demented patients excluded. The SPMSQ retained a strong predictive relationship to memory after age variance was removed, accounting for 11-16% of the variance.Conclusions:The SPMSQ may be useful as a general measure of cognitive abilities in nursing home residents.