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KMID : 0375920050230020141
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Journal of Rehabilitation Science
2005 Volume.23 No. 2 p.141 ~ p.149
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Effect of the Public Characteristic and Education on the scores of MMSE-K among the Sixty Year more than a Farm Village Elderly
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Lee Yoon-Mi
Cho Mi-Suk
Park Rae-Joon
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Abstract
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Back ground : The becoming older in age society which is caused by with increase of average length of life shows the continuous increase of the old person population. Reasoning with chronic retrogression characteristic disease or the dementia which is caused by also the same spirit nervous school register disease is increasing together. But still the research against the system function evaluation regarding an old person disease or epidemiology investigation insufficient from our country. The research which it sees led the old person probably is, evaluation and the what kind of should have given an effect, it examined and the research to begin it enforced.
Methods : Duration to the object September from to October until 2005 the Young-Cheon city Sinlyung in village, Ha-Yang a town visited and sixty clients. All over 60 years of age, were the objects of tests for cognition function using the Mini Mental Status Examination-Korea (MMSE-K).
Results: 1)Signify were closely correlated in MMSE-K scores accounted by the public characteristic the same educational level, age and sex. 2)Educational levels were closely correlated with MMSE-K scores. More over higher a confuncianism more all any other illiteracy. 3)Men received higher MMSE-K scores than women, especially in the noneducated group and the elementary school failure group. In conclusion, readjust ments of MMSE-K scores for demo graphic variables.
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