Zarina Nahar Kabir|Agneta Herlitz
The Bangla Adaptation of Mini-mental State Examination (BAMSE): an instrument to assess cognitive function in illiterate and literate individuals
Stockholm Gerontology Research Center Foundation|Karolinska Institutet|Stockholm University|Karolinska Institutet
minimental state examination mmse brief global instrument used assess cognitive abilities elderly requiring literacy prerequisite precondition impractical populations widespread illiteracy present study aimed adapt mmse cultural context bangladesh use populations irrespective literacy skills bangla adaptation minimental state examination bamse mmse items changed way would applicable illiterate individuals well culturally relevant bangladesh altogether 672 elderly 262 literate 410 illiterate individuals tested bamse enable comparison bamse mmse literate elderly tested instruments testretest reliability bamse assessed 54 randomly selected individuals results showed comparison mmse bamse demonstrated satisfactory test properties although reliable differences found individual items two instruments compared association two instruments good r057 testretest reliability satisfactory r070 importantly bamse found less sensitive age education mmse finally results suggest sociocultural context bangladesh irrespective literacy skills bamse instrument used assess cognitive function normal elderly