Insa Seeger, Andrea Diana Klausen, Ulf Günther, Jonas Bienzeisler, Helge Schnack, Johanna Sophie Lubasch
[Reasons for non-participation in a patient survey in the context of prehospital emergency medical care by community emergency paramedics - A retrospective observational study]
Zeitschrift fur Evidenz, Fortbildung und Qualitat im Gesundheitswesen
minimental state examination mmse one widely used patientrated assessment tools may applicable among overwhelming majority nigerians older adults mmse designed adapted english speakers items challenging understand low literacy levels study aimed translating adapting mmse hausa language also evaluates psychometric properties modified hausa version mmse mmse translated adapted hausa language hausa language expert focus group experts validity adapted hausa mmse evaluated gold standard diagnostic statistical manual mental disorder v criteria neurocognitive disorders among older adults participants n100 descriptive statistics inferential statistics receiver operating curve analysis cronbach alpha coefficient approach employed data analysis alpha level set 005 adapted hausa mmse item content validity index 097 mean expert proportion relevant rating across experts 099 adapted hausa version mmse shows 667 sensitivity 847 specificity original mmse cut point 24 used roc analysis optimal cutoffs derived 25 26 area curve 0886 95 ci 08160956 stderr 0036 p0000 however optimal cut 26 derived using roc analysis modified hausa mmse sensitivity 933 specificity 718 tool internal consistency reliability alpha value 064 hausa adapted versions mmse valid cognitive screening tool hausa older adult patients although use screening monitoring changes warrant considerations two separate cut points