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Scoring written material from the Mini-Mental State Examination: a comparison of face-to-face, fax and video-linked scoring.
- Source :
- Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare; Dec1999, Vol. 5 Issue 4, p253-256, 4p, 2 Diagrams, 2 Charts
- Publication Year :
- 1999
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Abstract
- We assessed the reliability of scoring written items of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) using different communication modes: face to face, fax and videoconferencing. A total of 99 MMSEs were recovered from the records of a community mental health team for the elderly. The written parts of the examination (sentence and pentagrams) were scored--in person, using a faxed copy or over the video-link--according to published criteria. Relative to in-person scoring, sentences could be scored reliably when faxed (kappa = 0.80), as could pentagrams (kappa = 0.71). Sentences could be reliably scored over the videoconferencing link (kappa = 0.70), but pentagrams could not (kappa = 0.47). Caution is required before accepting the results of scoring such tests over video-links. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1357633X
- Volume :
- 5
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Telemedicine & Telecare
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22204280
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1258/1357633991933819