Antje von Suchodoletz, Ross A A Larsen, Catherine Gunzenhauser, Anika Fäsche
Reading and spelling skills in German third graders: Examining the role of student and context characteristics
The British journal of educational psychology
validate novel screening test cognitive functional decline older patients rehabilitated complete removable dental prostheses crdps edentate old inpatients rehabilitated crdps included study participants requested remove prostheses intraoral examinations prostheses presented inverted orientation participants correct orientation prostheses insert appropriate jaws test repeated intraoral exam appropriate statistical models used 05 associate test results participants minimental state examination mmse score functional independence measure fim age sex among 86 participants meanage 854 64 years mean mmse 198 55 mean fim 779 208 21 244 failed correctly insert prosthesis prosthesis presentation test ppt associated fim mmse regression models confirmed association age p 043 sex additional analyses revealed ppt test associated fims cognitive subsets memory problem solving social interaction ppt novel simple quick screening tool help detect functional difficulties older people easily performed oral examination future studies needed determine whether ppt used detect deficits executive function complement mmse also first assessment patients ability manage dentures independently