The Korean Journal of Rehabilitation Nursing (재활간호학회지)
- Volume 7 Issue 1
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- Pages.7-14
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- 2004
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- 1229-294X(pISSN)
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- 2288-3002(eISSN)
Measurement of Cognitive Functions of Elderly
노인의 인지기능 측정
- So, Hee-Young (Department of Nursing, Chungnam National University) ;
- Kim, Hae-Young (Graduate School of Chungnam National University)
- Published : 2004.06.30
Abstract
To examine the cognitive function of elderly, the study examined the performance of Korean normal elderly population whose age over 65 using neuropsychological instruments. It was predicted that the performance of the Korean population would be different from the U, S. mainly due to their difference in language, culture, and education. Korean elderly people from the Chungchung and Daejeon Metropolitan city(n=97) participated. Two age scores were developed: below 74 years and over 75 years. The effect of age, gender and education was examined, which yield significant age, gender and education effect. The score of DSF, DSB, TMTA, and TMTB are expected to be utilized for research purposes, such as basic, clinical, epidemiological studies, as well as practice purposes such as diagnosis and assessment of the progression of cognitive decline and dementia with MMSE-K.