INTRODUCTION The Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) is widely used for dementia screening. The purpose of this study was twofold. First, to cross-culturally adapt the Moroccan Arabic version of MMSE (MA-MMSE) to screen dementia among literate and illiterate elderly Moroccans, and second to analyze its psychometric properties. METHODS The MA-MMSE was administered to 80 elderly patients, 28 were females and 52 were males. Among all the participants, 22 showed evidence of dementia. Receiver Operator Characteristic (ROC), internal consistency, and test-retest reliability were investigated. The test-retest reliability was assessed by Spearman correlation analysis. Cronbach's α coefficients for internal consistency between total scores and subscores of the test were calculated. RESULTS Areas under the ROC curve in literate and illiterate elderly Moroccans participants corresponded to 0.932 and 0.936, respectively. The cutoff point of 21/22 on the MA-MMSE in literate elderly had the highest sensitivity (85.7%), specificity (94.7%), and a positive likelihood ratio of (16.29%), whereas the cutoff point of 18/19 of the screening test in illiterate elderly yielded the highest sensitivity (92.9%), specificity (95.0%), and a positive likelihood ratio of (18.57%). The Cronbach's α values of the MA-MMSE for literate and illiterate elderly Moroccans were higher than 0.7. Thirty subjects were randomly selected for participation in the test-retest protocol. Participants were retested after an interval of 4-6 weeks. The test-retest reliability for total scores was significant 0.78 (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION The findings provide preliminary evidence that the MA-MMSE is a feasible instrument for dementia screening.

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摩洛哥版简易精神状态检查的跨文化适应：初步研究。


简介 简易精神状态检查 (MMSE) 广泛用于痴呆症筛查。这项研究的目的是双重的。首先，跨文化地采用摩洛哥阿拉伯语版本的 MMSE (MA-MMSE)，以筛查识字和文盲的摩洛哥老年人中的痴呆症，其次分析其心理测量特性。方法对80名老年患者进行MA-MMSE测试，其中女性28例，男性52例。在所有参与者中，有 22 人表现出痴呆症的迹象。研究了接受者操作员特征 (ROC)、内部一致性和重测可靠性。通过 Spearman 相关分析评估重测信度。计算测试总分和分项得分之间内部一致性的 Cronbach's α 系数。结果 识字和文盲老年摩洛哥参与者的 ROC 曲线下面积分别对应于 0.932 和 0.936。识字老年人 MA-MMSE 的截止点 21/22 具有最高的敏感性 (85.7%)、特异度 (94.7%) 和阳性似然比 (16.29%)，而老年识字者 MA-MMSE 的截止点 18/19 具有最高的敏感性 (85.7%)、特异性 (94.7%) 和阳性似然比 (16.29%)。文盲老年人筛查试验的敏感性最高（92.9%），特异性最高（95.0%），阳性似然比（18.57%）。摩洛哥识字和文盲老年人的 MA-MMSE 的 Cronbach's α 值均高于 0.7。随机选择三十名受试者参加重测方案。参与者在间隔 4-6 周后重新进行测试。总分的重测信度显着为 0.78 (p < 0.01)。结论 研究结果提供了初步证据，表明 MA-MMSE 是痴呆症筛查的可行工具。