Avtor/Urednik		Granda, Gal
Naslov		Standardizacija kratkega preizkusa spoznavnih sposobnosti (KPSS)
Tip		monografija
Kraj izdaje		Ljubljana
Založnik		Medicinska fakulteta
Leto izdaje		2002
Obseg		str. 44
Jezik		slo
Abstrakt		BACKGROUND. Aging of the population makes the incidence of dementia growing. Active search for the patients in the population at risk is necessary. The most suitable way for it are short screening tests of cognitive state. One of the best and most widely used test of such kind is Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE). Its main characteristics are shortness, simplicity and reliability. Normative values made for the population being tested are indispensable for the reliability of the test. Kratek preizkus spoznavnih sposobnosti (KPSS)- Slovenian version of MMSE has been used in Slovenia since 1984, without normative values for Slovenian population, which restricted its usefulness and the use in clinical practise. AIM. The aim of the present paper was to obtain the normative values for KPSS for the different age and educational groups in population of adults older than 55 years. HYPOTHESIS. Results of the testing a great number of non-demented individuals with KPSS will be the significantly dependent on the age and the education, what will justify the extensive nature of the study. METHODS. The research comprised of KPSS testing in 154 volunteers, mean age 65,1 (ranged from 55 to 87 years). None of them had a diagnosis of dementia or other active psychiatric illness. The modified KPSS was used for testing at general practises in Ljubljana, Maribor and Novo Mesto. The influence of age, gender and education on the result was assesed using the analysis of variance (ANOVA) and the analysis of variance with covariance (ANCOVA). Values of p < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant. RESULTS. Gender influence on the mean result on KPSS was not established. The volunteers were divided in four age groups at five-year intervals. Statistically significant differences for the mean results among the age groups were discovered (p < 0,0002). The volunteers were further divided in groups according to the levels of education. (Abstract truncated at 2000 characters).
Deskriptorji		AGING COGNITION COGNITION DISORDERS DEMENTIA AGED