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3571790

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-6-10
pubmed:abstractText
Pfeiffer's Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ) is a brief screening test for organic brain syndromes. The validity of the SPMSQ was evaluated in a random sample of 119 community residents and 282 consecutively admitted medical inpatients. The SPMSQ proved to be a sensitive and specific screening test for moderate to severe dementia both in the community and hospital. Using the cut-off point (number of errors accepted) of three errors, the sensitivity of the test was 86.2% and the specificity 99.0% among medical inpatients. The percentages in the community sample were 66.7% and 100%, respectively. The validity of the SPMSQ was not as good for delirium because of its variable clinical picture. For screening purposes lower cut-off points than previously recommended should be used: three errors for dementia and two errors for delirium. Among Finnish elderly people it was not necessary to use correction for education in the SPMSQ.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0002-8614
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
35
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
412-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-3-10
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire as a screening test for dementia and delirium among the elderly.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't