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Table 1 Clinical characteristics of studied sample of participants according to diagnostic of dementia (n = 184)

From: Development of a short form of Mini-Mental State Examination for the screening of dementia in older adults with a memory complaint: a case control study

 

CHI

(n = 41)

DI

(n = 143)

P-value*

Age, mean ± SD (years)

77.7 ± 7.7

82.3 ± 5.7

< 0.001

Female, n (%)

30 (73.2)

102 (71.3)

1.000

Use of psychoactive drugs daily†, n (%)

14 (34.1)

70 (49.0)

0.111

MMSE score (/30 points), mean ± SD

26.7 ± 2.2

19.4 ± 4.1

< 0.001

SMMSE score (/6 points), mean ± SD

5.3 ± 0.7

3.4 ± 0.9

< 0.001

CAB score (/96 points), mean ± SD

84.8 ± 6.3

67.2 ± 11.3

< 0.001

FAB score (/18 points), mean ± SD

14.2 ± 3.2

10.7 ± 2.8

< 0.001

IADL score (/4 points), mean ± SD

3.9 ± 0.3

2.4 ± 0.7

< 0.001

  1. CHI: Cognitively healthy individuals; DI: demented individual; MMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination; SMMSE: Short form of Mini-Mental State Examination (maximum score of 6 corresponding to best performance); CAB: Cognitive Assessment Battery; FAB: Frontal Assessment Battery; IADL: Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; *: Comparison based on t-test or Chi-square test, as appropriate; † Use of benzodiazepines or antidepressants or neuroleptics