TY - JOUR
T1 - A study of bedside screening procedures for cognitive deficits in chronic psychiatric inpatients
AU - De Leon, Jose
AU - Pearlman, Orren
AU - Doonan, Robert
AU - Simpson, George M.
PY - 1996
Y1 - 1996
N2 - The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Trail Making Test, part B (TMT-B) were compared for screening cognitive deficits in a sample of 104 psychiatric inpatients at a long-term hospital. The TMT-B classified 84% of the patients as impaired. The classic MMSE cutoff score (≤23) using serial sevens and spelling classified 42% and 24% of the patients respectively, as impaired. The new MMSE cutoff classified 71% as impaired. Education, gender, and medication may influence impairment when using the MMSE classic cutoff scores. In TMT-B only, impairment was influenced by chronicity. The TMT-B was able to distinguish patients impaired in the MMSE. The TMT-B, therefore, may be more useful than the MMSE to screen for cognitive deficits in chronic psychiatric inpatients.
AB - The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and the Trail Making Test, part B (TMT-B) were compared for screening cognitive deficits in a sample of 104 psychiatric inpatients at a long-term hospital. The TMT-B classified 84% of the patients as impaired. The classic MMSE cutoff score (≤23) using serial sevens and spelling classified 42% and 24% of the patients respectively, as impaired. The new MMSE cutoff classified 71% as impaired. Education, gender, and medication may influence impairment when using the MMSE classic cutoff scores. In TMT-B only, impairment was influenced by chronicity. The TMT-B was able to distinguish patients impaired in the MMSE. The TMT-B, therefore, may be more useful than the MMSE to screen for cognitive deficits in chronic psychiatric inpatients.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0010-440X(96)90014-0
DO - 10.1016/S0010-440X(96)90014-0
M3 - Article
C2 - 8879907
AN - SCOPUS:0029813492
SN - 0010-440X
VL - 37
SP - 328
EP - 335
JO - Comprehensive Psychiatry
JF - Comprehensive Psychiatry
IS - 5
ER -
