El examen mental abreviado (Mini-Mental State Examination) como prueba de tamizaje para el diagnóstico de demencia: estudio poblacional colombiano

Uso de medicamentos en adultos mayores de Bogotá, Colombia

“…Se evaluó el autorreporte de salud; 122 (6,1%) de los encuestados calificaron su salud como "excelente"; 821 (41,1%) como muy buena; 911 (45,6%) como "regular", y 144 (6,2%) como "mala". También se evaluó la cognición con una versión modificada del mini-mental test (MMSE) (10) donde una calificación menor a 11 indicaba una entrevista por proxi. Un puntaje menor a 13 de criterios de Beers y son potencialmente inapropiados para adultos mayores.…”

“…También utilizamos los criterios de Beers recientemente actualizados para identificar medicamentos inapropiados en adultos mayores (8) . Los criterios de Beers fueron originalmente publicados en 1991 y se enfocaron en adultos mayores institucionalizados y las actualizaciones subsiguientes en 1997, 2003 y 2012 (9,10) .…”

Validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in Spanish as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia in patients over 65 years old in Bogotá, Colombia

“…In the execution of the MoCA, the subjects' education level has an important effect, as previously established by other authors (Rosselli et al ., ; Lozano et al ., ; Gómez et al ., ) and as occurs in most screening tests (Yu et al ., ). In our experience in Bogotá, Colombia, the execution of the MoCA drop along with the education level and the cutoff score had to be lower (≥23) than the cutoff score suggested by the original designers of the test (≥26; Nasreddine et al ., ), even though the average educational levels of the different subgroups within the study were similar to the population averages in the location where the MoCA was originally validated.…”

An Analysis of Changes in Cerebral Blood Flood Velocities in Depressive Pseudo-Dementia and Alzheimer Disease Patients

“…32 It is highly sensitive (87%) and specific (82%) in the identification of dementia. 34,35 It has frequently been challenged for its bias against individuals with lower levels of education and the use of scoring adjustments for lower educational levels has become standard practice. 34,35 It has frequently been challenged for its bias against individuals with lower levels of education and the use of scoring adjustments for lower educational levels has become standard practice.…”