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. 2021 May 20:2:100016.
doi: 10.1016/j.cccb.2021.100016. eCollection 2021.

Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) scores in elderly Jordanian population

Said Dahbour  1 , Maha Hashim  1 , Ahmad Alhyasat  2 , Anas Salameh  2 , Abdallah Qtaishat  2 , Ruba Braik  2 , Touleen Mufeed Awni Alnimer  2
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Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) scores in elderly Jordanian population

Said Dahbour et al. Cereb Circ Cogn Behav. .

Abstract

Background: The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is a simple informative and validated screening test of cognitive functions. No data of MMSE scores has been published about elderly Jordanian population. Objective: To study the MMSE scores in the elderly Jordanian population (defined as age of 50 years or more).

Methods: This was a cross sectional study. A 250 healthy elderly Jordanians were interviewed and tested for their MMSE score. Their scores were analyzed and the effect of age, gender, education, marital status, diabetes mellitus (DM), hypertension (HTN), smoking, dyslipidemia, heart disease (HD), and family history of dementia (FHD) on the score was studied.

Results: MMSE scores of 236 elderly subjects, aged 63±8.4 years (range 50-86 years) were analyzed. There were 111 (47%) males. There was a direct correlation between MMSE score and education level. People with a higher education (college) had the highest scores in comparison with people who are illiterates or have a high school level. The score correlated negatively with age (Pearson correlation r = -0.23, p = 0.00). Other studied variables did not correlate with score on multivariate analysis.

Conclusion: Jordanians ≥50 years old with no previous brain disease scored 26.7 ± 3.2. Education was the most important determining factor of this score. the score showed also a negative correlation with age. We suggest that in this population a cut off score of 24 for those with high education beyond high school and 21 for those with up to high school education and it is not appropriate for illiterate.

Keywords: Atherosclerosis risk factors; Jordanians (≥50 years old); MMSE; Mini-mental state examination.

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(1a): Boxplot showing the distribution of MMSE score based on gender:(1 male, 2 female). Figure (1b) marital status (0 single, 1 married, 2 divorced, 3 widowed). Figure (1c) education level (0=illiterate, 1up to high school, 2 beyond high school, college).
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Scatter diagram showing relationship of MMSE score and age.
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