Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry

노인정신의학

pISSN 1226-6329 / eISSN 2733-4600


노인정신의학

대한노인정신의학회 (16권2호 111-116)

Validity of Dementia Screening Test ‘Korean Version of the Mini-Cog’

치매 선별검사 한국어판 Mini-Cog의 타당도

박준현(Jun-Hyun Park);이동우(Dong-Woo Lee)

Abstract

Objective:The Mini-Cog, a composite of three word recall and clock drawing, was developed by Soo Borson as a brief test for discriminating demented from non-demented persons in a community sample. This study was conducted to prove the diagnostic va-lidity of the Korean version of Mini-cog. Methods:All 41 who met the criteria for probable dementia based on informant interviews and 88 with no history of cognitive decline were included. Sensitivity and, specificity of the Mini-Cog were compared with those of the Mini-Mental State Examination in the Korean version of the CERAD assessment packet (MMSE–KC), clock drawing test (CDT) and three word recall. Results:The Mini-Cog had the higher sensitivity (86.11%) than MMSE-KC and fair specificity (72.09%). Cut off points of Mini-Cog was 2/3. AUC of Mini-Cog was 0.819 (p<0.001). The Mini-Cog required minimal training to administer and no test forms of scoring modifications. Conclusion:It suggests that the Mini-Cog might be readily incorporated into general practice and senior care setting as a routine cognitive measure.

Keywords

치매,대량선별,시계 그리기 검사,세 단어 회상, Dementia,Mass screening,Clock drawing test,3 word recall