United States: Predictors Of Performance On The MMSE And The DRS-2 Among American Indian Elders

United States: Predictors Of Performance On The MMSE And The DRS-2 Among American Indian Elders Lori L. Jervis, Alexandra Fickenscher, Janette Beals, C. Munro Cullum, Douglas K. Novins, Spero M. Manson, and David B. Arciniegas, 2010 Little is known about factors that predict older American Indians’ performance on cognitive tests. This study examined 137 American Indian elders’ performance on the MMSE and the Dementia Rating Scale—Second Edition (DRS-2). Multivariate regression identified...

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