Relationship between the Mini-Mental State Examination and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) of older people institutionalized

• Autor(a) principal: Rezende, Murilo
• Data de Publicação: 2019
• Outros Autores: Goulart, Cássia Da Luz, Konzen, Vanessa De Mello, Fleig, Tania Cristina Malezan
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde (Santa Maria)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufsm.br/revistasaude/article/view/36418
• topic: Cognition; Homes for the Aged; Health of Institutionalized Elderly; Descritores; Cognição; Instituição de Longa Permanência para idosos (ILPI); Saúde do Idoso Institucionalizado

To analyze the relationship between the cognitive state, through the Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), with the International Classification and Functionality, Disability and Health (CIF). This is a cross-sectional study carried out in a Long-Term Care Institution for the older people in Cachoeira do Sul-RS in the from January and February of 2017. The Mini-Mental State Questionnaire (MMSE) was applied and the relationship between the MMSE domains and the ICF categories was performed. The sample consisted of 33 older people (79.0±10.3 years), women had greater cognitive deficit [n=8 (48%), p=0.05] than men [n=5 (31%), p=0.13]. There was a strong agreement between the areas of the MMSE and the categories of ICF, mainly in the Activity and Participation component. The majority of the older people did not present deficits in their cognitive capacity. The relationship between the MMSE and the ICF proved to be efficient for the recognition of indicators that would direct actions, enhancing cognitive functionality and minimizing losses in older people institutionalized.