Assessment of compliance for oral medicines with MMSE, Mini-Mental State Examination, in hospitalized elderly patients

The minimental state examination (MMSE) is a widely used, standardized method to assess cognitive function including movement-related disorders with high reliability. We studied the relationship between MMSE scores and the ability to take oral medications correctly (ingestion compliance) in 70 elder...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Yakugaku zasshi 2007-10, Vol.127 (10), p.1731-1738
Hauptverfasser:	Miura, Masatomo, Kakei, Masafumi, Iwasawa, Saaya, Morii, Tsukasa, Miura, Takeshi, Sasaki, Hiroshi, Satoh, Takehiro, Fujita, Hiroki, Narita, Takuma, Shirakawa, Hideko, Yamada, Yuichiro, Suzuki, Toshio
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Sprache:	jpn
Schlagworte:	Administration, Oral Aged - psychology Aged, 80 and over - physiology Cognition Drug Administration Schedule Humans Inpatients - psychology Inpatients - statistics & numerical data Mental Status Schedule Patient Compliance - psychology Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data Self Medication - psychology Self Medication - statistics & numerical data
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Zusammenfassung:	The minimental state examination (MMSE) is a widely used, standardized method to assess cognitive function including movement-related disorders with high reliability. We studied the relationship between MMSE scores and the ability to take oral medications correctly (ingestion compliance) in 70 elderly inpatients (mean age 71.3+/-7.0 years). Patients with abnormal glucose tolerance as determined by an HbA(1c) level of 5.8% or greater including diabetes showed a trend of lower MMSE scores compared with patients with normal glucose tolerance, and the scores were negatively correlated with HbA1c, age, and systolic blood pressure (P
ISSN:	0031-6903