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JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
卷 30, 期 1, 页码 41-50出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2005.05.001
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Mini-Mental State Examination; MMSE; palliative care; delirium; cognitive impairment
Cognitive impairment is common in palliative care patients, but it is frequently undetected. The clinical consequence is that psychiatric states such as delirium, which often present with cognitive impairment, are inadequately treated. A short and simple questionnaire for screening of cognitive impairment is required for these patients, in order to proceed with more advanced testing if necessary. In this study, we explored the results from two samples of patients (n = 290 and n = 217) who had completed the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). Cases of cognitive impairment are considered indicated by an MMSE score of less than. 24 of the total 30. We found that caseness could be fairly accurately screened by using four of the original 20 MMSE items, and that a six-item questionnaire further greatly improved the discrimination.(c) 2005 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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