The utility of the mini-mental status exam in older adults with traumatic brain injury.

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Anil Srivastava,Mark Jeffrey Rapoport,Larry Leach,Andrea Phillips,Prathiba Shammi,Anthony Feinstein,

PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: To assess the utility of the Mini-Mental Status Examination (MMSE) among the older TBI population. METHODS AND PROCEDURES: The MMSE and a number of other neuropsychological tests were administered to forty-three adults aged 50 and over one year following mild to moderate TBI. The sensitivity, specificity, and predictive value of the MMSE were evaluated in relation to these tests. MAIN OUTCOMES AND RESULTS: The domains of the MMSE generally exhibited low sensitivity while high specificity was demonstrated by Attention and Language. Positive predictive value was high only for Language but negative predictive value was moderate to high for all domains. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that one year following mild to moderate TBI among older adults, the MMSE should not be used to identify those with cognitive impairment; if administered, a perfect score on a component of the MMSE suggests that enhanced testing in that given domain may not reveal further impairment. A small sample size and a small number of those impaired limit our results.

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A Srivastava,MJ Rapoport,L Leach,A Phillips,P Shammi,A Feinstein,

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov

Journal: Brain injury : [BI]

VOLUME: 20

Page Numbers: 1377-82

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ISSN: 0269-9052

DAY: 20

MONTH: Dec

YEAR: 2006

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KEYWORDS: Sensitivity and Specificity

MESH TERMS: etiology

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AFFILIATION: Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. anil.srivastava@utoronto.ca

Country: England

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