Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination

Cognitive impairment cases referred to psychiatric clinic are very few especially those who have mild disease. Formal evaluation of cognitive impairment is time consuming and it involves consultation with an expert in psychological training. One clinically useful test for practitioners is the Mi...

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Main Authors: Abidin, Zarina Zainan, Othman, Zahiruddin, Che, Wan AH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Psychiatric Association 2007
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author Abidin, Zarina Zainan
Othman, Zahiruddin
Che, Wan AH
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Che, Wan AH
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description Cognitive impairment cases referred to psychiatric clinic are very few especially those who have mild disease. Formal evaluation of cognitive impairment is time consuming and it involves consultation with an expert in psychological training. One clinically useful test for practitioners is the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Although MMSE has shown good reliability and validity, using this instrument in a language and culture other than English may create problems. However the test has never been validated in Bahasa Malaysia even though it is a widely used screening test during patient’s clinical examination. This study was done to translate and validate MMSE into Bahasa Malaysia.
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spelling usm-440362019-04-11T06:41:09Z http://eprints.usm.my/44036/ Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination Abidin, Zarina Zainan Othman, Zahiruddin Che, Wan AH RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry Cognitive impairment cases referred to psychiatric clinic are very few especially those who have mild disease. Formal evaluation of cognitive impairment is time consuming and it involves consultation with an expert in psychological training. One clinically useful test for practitioners is the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Although MMSE has shown good reliability and validity, using this instrument in a language and culture other than English may create problems. However the test has never been validated in Bahasa Malaysia even though it is a widely used screening test during patient’s clinical examination. This study was done to translate and validate MMSE into Bahasa Malaysia. Malaysian Psychiatric Association 2007 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/44036/1/Validation%20of%20Malay%20MMSE.pdf Abidin, Zarina Zainan and Othman, Zahiruddin and Che, Wan AH (2007) Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination. Malaysian Journal Of Psychiatry, 16 (1). pp. 16-19. ISSN 2232-0385 http://www.mjpsychiatry.org/index.php/mjp/article/view/5
spellingShingle RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Abidin, Zarina Zainan
Othman, Zahiruddin
Che, Wan AH
Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination
title Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination
title_full Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination
title_fullStr Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination
title_full_unstemmed Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination
title_short Validation of Malay Mini Mental State Examination
title_sort validation of malay mini mental state examination
topic RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
url http://eprints.usm.my/44036/
http://eprints.usm.my/44036/
http://eprints.usm.my/44036/1/Validation%20of%20Malay%20MMSE.pdf