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HERO ID

7106296

Reference Type

Journal Article

Title

Scoring written material from the Mini-Mental State Examination: a comparison of face-to-face, fax and video-linked scoring

Author(s)

Ball, C; Tyrrell, J; Long, C; ,

Year

1999

Is Peer Reviewed?

Yes

Journal

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare
ISSN: 1357-633X

Publisher

ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD

Location

LONDON

Page Numbers

253-256

PMID

10829378

Web of Science Id

WOS:000087513600008

Abstract

We assessed the reliability of scoring written items of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) using different communication modes: face to face, fa,: and videoconferencing. A total of 99 MMSEs were recovered from the records of a community mental health team for the elderly. The written parts of the examination (sentence and pentagrams) were scored - in pet-son, using a fared copy or over the video-link-according to published criteria. Relative to in-person scoring, sentences could be scored reliably when fared (kappa = 0.80), as could pentagrams (kappa = 0.71). Sentences could be reliably scored over the videoconferencing link (kappa = 0.70), but pentagrams could not (kappa = 0.47). Caution is required before accepting the results of scoring such tests over video-links.