Análisis multivariante de las características psicométricas del Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)
[EN]Alzheimer's disease and other dementias have grown in importance today. Early attention to people suffering from these diseases increases significantly the chances of successful treatment. One of the most widely used test to assess cognitive impairment is Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2015 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) |
| Repositorio: | GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/128217 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10366/128217 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Alzheimer MMSE Análisis estadísticos Instrumentos de evaluación 1209.03 Análisis de datos 1209.09 Análisis multivariante |
| Sumario: | [EN]Alzheimer's disease and other dementias have grown in importance today. Early attention to people suffering from these diseases increases significantly the chances of successful treatment. One of the most widely used test to assess cognitive impairment is Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE), a brief and simple test which is mainly applied in primary care. Generally, is typically used the traditional Factor Analysis to analyze the results of this test in different contexts and individuals. However, at present there are various psychometric and statistical techniques able to take greater advantage of the data analyzed. In this paper, we analyze the results of the application of MMSE to 347 patients from different hospitals in the city of Salamanca, Spain. To achieve this, we use various multivariate statistical techniques such as Factor Analysis or Principal Component Analysis. Subsequently, the results are complemented by an analysis from the perspective of Item Response Theory. Finally, we show the advantages of Biplot methods compared to traditional statistical analysis, and we present the findings concerning the MMSE. |
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