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KMID : 0869219990030010053
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Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry
1999 Volume.3 No. 1 p.53 ~ p.58
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Effects of Gender, Age and Education on MMSEK Performances in a Non-Demented Elderly Rural Population
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Abstract
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Objective :The authors investigated effects of gender, age and education on the MMSEK performances in anon-demented elderly rural population.
Methods :The MMSEK was administered to 617 non-demented elderly people aged 6S or more in a rural area. The et}ects on the total and subtest M~´~iSEK scores of gender, age and education were analyzed by Student t-test, Pearson´s correlation, oneway analysis of variance, analysis of covariance and stepwise multiple regression.
Results :The three independent variables showed significant influence on the total score, orientation in time, orientation in place, attention/calculation, language function and comprehension S judgement of the MMSEK. The three variables could account for X0.0% of the variance of the total ~~1~~1SEK score. Of the ~´~1MSEK subtests, mernory registration and memory recall were resistant to the variables. i~h~1SEK scores of the female, the older people and the undereducated were even less.
Conclusion :Prevalence of dementia seems not to influence on the variance of total MMtSEK score in a population in which its prevalence is abour. 10%. Gender, age and education have significant effects on orientation in time, orientation in place, attention/calculation, language function and comprehension &judgement, while not on memory registration and memory recall. Female sex, old age and undereducation are thought to be risk factors for development of dementia.
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