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## Background: The numbers of older south asians in the united kingdom are rising. investigation of their mental health has been neglected compared to their physical health. ## Objectives: This study aimed to determine the sensitivity and specificity of modified versions of two screening instruments for cognitive impairment (mini-mental state examination and abbreviated mental test) in a community-based population. ## Design: Two-stage study comparing screening instruments against diagnostic interview. ## Setting: South, central and north manchester. ## Subjects: Community-resident south asians aged 60 years and over. ## Methods: Subjects were approached via their general practitioners and interviewed at home. sensitivity and specificity for the screening instruments were calculated using receiver operating characteristic (roc) curve analysis. ## Results: For the gujarati population, the mmse cutoff was >/=24 (sensitivity 100%, specificity 95%) and amt>/=6 (sensitivity 100%, specificity 95%). for the pakistani population, the mmse cutoff was >/=27 (sensitivity 100%, specificity 77%) and amt>/=7 (sensitivity 100%, specificity 87%). ## Conclusions: Culturally modified versions of the
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- Author
- Greta Rait; Alistair Burns; Robert Baldwin; Michael Morley; Carolyn Chew-Graham; A. Selwyn St Leger
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons; Wiley (John Wiley & Sons); John Wiley & Sons Inc.; Wiley; Research Square (ISSN 0885-6230)
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)