Albanna Mohammad, Yehya Arij, Khairi Abdalla, Dafeeah Elnour, Elhadi Abdelsalam, Rezgui Lamia, Al Kahlout Shahada, Yousif Adil, Uthman Basim, Al-Amin Hassen
Psychiatry Department, Hamad Medical Corporation.
Psychiatry Department, Weill Cornell Medicine - Qatar.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2017 Mar 14;13:793-801. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S126825. eCollection 2017.
The elderly population is increasing around the world, and the prevalence of dementia increases with age. Hence, it is expected that the number of people with dementia will increase significantly in the coming years. The Mini-Mental Status Examination - 2 (MMSE-2) and Mini-Cog are widely used tests to screen for dementia. These scales have good reliability and validity and are easy to administer in clinical and research settings.
The purpose of this study was to validate the Arabic versions of MMSE-2 and Mini-Cog. These scales were assessed against the () criteria for dementia, as the gold standard.
The standard versions of the MMSE-2 and Mini-Cog were translated to Arabic following the back-translation method. Then, a trained rater administered these tests to 134 Arab elderly aged >60 years. A physician, blind to the results of these two tests, assessed the participants for vascular dementia or probable Alzheimer's disease, based on the criteria.
The sample included 67.2% Qataris. The mean age was 74.86 years (standard deviation =7.71), and 61.9% did not attend school. The mean of the adjusted scores of MMSE-2 based on age and education level was 19.60 (standard deviation =6.58). According to , 17.2% of the participants had dementia. Sensitivity and specificity of the MMSE-2 and the Mini-Cog together were 71.4% and 61.6%, respectively, which were better than those of each test alone.
Together, the Arabic versions of MMSE-2 and Mini-Cog are good screening tools for cognitive impairment in Arabs.
全球老年人口正在增加，痴呆症的患病率随年龄增长而上升。因此，预计未来几年痴呆症患者数量将显著增加。简易精神状态检查表 - 2（MMSE - 2）和简易认知测试（Mini - Cog）是广泛用于筛查痴呆症的测试。这些量表具有良好的信度和效度，并且在临床和研究环境中易于实施。
本研究的目的是验证MMSE - 2和Mini - Cog的阿拉伯语版本。这些量表以痴呆症的（）标准作为金标准进行评估。
MMSE - 2和Mini - Cog的标准版本按照回译法翻译成阿拉伯语。然后，一名经过培训的评分者对134名年龄大于60岁的阿拉伯老年人进行了这些测试。一名对这两项测试结果不知情的医生根据（）标准对参与者进行血管性痴呆或可能的阿尔茨海默病评估。
样本中67.2%为卡塔尔人。平均年龄为74.86岁（标准差 = 7.71），61.9%的人未上过学。根据年龄和教育水平调整后的MMSE - 2分数均值为19.60（标准差 = 6.58）。根据（），17.2%的参与者患有痴呆症。MMSE - 2和Mini - Cog联合使用时的敏感性和特异性分别为71.4%和61.6%，优于单独使用每项测试时的结果。
MMSE - 2和Mini - Cog的阿拉伯语版本共同构成了用于阿拉伯人认知障碍的良好筛查工具。
