Brand new norms for a good old test: Northern Italy normative study of MiniMental State Examination

Aim Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is one of the most used tests for the screening of global cognition in patients with neurological and medical disorders. Norms for the Italian version of the test were published in the 90 s; more recent norms were published in 2020 for Southern Italy only. In the present study, we computed novel adjustment coefficients, equivalent scores and cut-off value for Northern Italy (Lombardia and Veneto) and Italian speaking Switzerland. Methods We recruited 361 healthy young and old (range: 20–95 years) individuals of both sexes (men: 156, women: 205) and from different educational levels (range: 4–22 years). Neuropsychiatric disorders and severe medical conditions were excluded with a questionnaire and cognitive deficits and were ruled out with standardized neuropsychological tests assessing the main cognitive domains. We used a slightly modified version of MMSE: the word ‘fiore’ was replaced with ‘pane’ in verbal recalls to reduce the common interference error ‘casa, cane, gatto’. The effect of socio-demographic features on performance at MMSE was assessed via multiple linear regression, with test raw score as dependent variable and sex, logarithm of 101—age and square root of schooling as predictors. Results Mean raw MMSE score was 28.8 ± 1.7 (range: 23–30). Multiple linear regression showed a significant effect of all socio-demographic variables and reported a value of $ R^{2} $ = 0.26. The new cut off was ≥ 26 /30. Conclusion We provide here updated norms for a putatively more accurate version of Italian MMSE, produced in a Northern population but potentially valid all over Italy..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

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Neurological sciences - 43(2022), 5 vom: 06. Jan., Seite 3053-3063

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Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Foderaro, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Isella, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Mazzone, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Biglia, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Di Gangi, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Pasotti, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Sansotera, Flavia [VerfasserIn]
Grobberio, Monica [VerfasserIn]
Raimondi, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Mapelli, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Ferri, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Impagnatiello, Valentina [VerfasserIn]
Ferrarese, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Appollonio, Ildebrando Marco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cognitive screening
MMSE
MiniMental State Examination
Neuropsychological assessment
Normative study

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doi:

10.1007/s10072-021-05845-4

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OLC2130195075