Comparison of Mini-Mental State Examination (Mmse) and Bangla Mini-Mental State Examination (Mmse-B) Among Healthy Elderly in Bangladesh

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backgrounds and questions set at MMSE English version (MMSE-E) and modified Bangla version for MMSE-B (Figure-1). MMSE and MMSE-B both were applied in 1:1 ration. The literate people were asked whether they are comfortable to answer in English (MMSE-E) or they would like the translated form and we applied the form of MMSE (MMSE-T) according to their wish. But in other group of people the modified Bangla version (MMSE-B) was used irrespective of level of education. Results:The mean age at presentation was 58.1±7.8 and 94% were within 50-70 years of age. Male were more common (80, 66) J Dhaka Med Coll. 2015; 24(1) : 30-35. in both the groups and most of them belonging to rural areas. MMSE-B were mostly employed on people having only primary level of education (up to class five, n=80) or no education (n=2), whereas MMSE-E were employed up on people having a level of education higher than class five (n=96). Every question in each item

Developing and testing a South African Brief Cognitive Score in literate and illiterate people of mixed language groups

“…Similar results had been found in the adapted MMSE versions from China, Bangladesh and India. 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 …”

“…The Hindi and Bangla versions of the MMSE used ‘tell me something about your house’ or the surroundings to prompt a sentence construction. 10 , 11 , 12 Since many of our subjects had not frequently used a pencil or pen for drawing, we decided to substitute drawing with copying an easy construction of a figure (house) with matches and to lay a figure 8 with a string. This generated two sets of values eventually, termed SA BCS matches and SA BCS string.…”

“…The researchers tested the original MMSE and compared it to the Bangla-adapted MMSE (BAMSE) in illiterate and literate individuals, concluding that the BAMSE could be used as an instrument to assess cognitive function of normal elderly individuals irrespective of literacy skills. 10 , 11 Another study from India aimed to develop a cognitive screening instrument for the illiterate rural elderly population of that country. 12 The researchers changed the original MMSE to a Hindi-adapted MMSE (HSME) to assess cognition by modifying items that required reading and writing skills, showing that the Hindi MMSE was a useful tool for assessing the cognitive functioning of the tested elderly population.…”