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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Dec 21.
Published in final edited form as: J Gerontol Nurs. 2010 Jan 12;36(1):18–33. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20091204-01

TABLE 4.

FREQUENCY OF MMSE, HARS, AND CSDD SCORES AMONG STUDY PARTICIPANTS

DSAL (n = 18) TAL (n = 28)
Scores Dementia Diagnosis (n = 15) No Dementia Diagnosis (n = 3) Dementia Diagnosis (n = 9) No Dementia Diagnosis (n = 19)
MMSEa
 24 to 30 (none) 0 1 4 12
 17 to 23 (mild) 5 0 4 7
 11 to 16 (moderate) 7 1 1 0
 0 to 10 (severe) 3 1 0 0
HARSb
 0 11 0 0 5
 1 to 3 2 1 4 4
 4 to 6 2 1 2 1
 7 to 9 0 0 1 0
 10 to 12 0 0 0 3
 13 to 15 0 1 2 2
 22 to 24 0 0 0 2
 32 0 0 0 1
CSDDb
 0 3 0 1 2
 1 to 3 6 1 6 10
 4 to 6 4 1 1 4
 7 to 9 1 0 1 2
 10 to 12 1 0 0 0
 13 0 1 0 0

Note. CSDD = Cornell Scale for Depression in Dementia; DSAL = dementia-specific assisted living settings; HARS = Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale; MMSE = Mini-Mental State Examination; TAL = traditional assisted living settings.

a

Categories (none to severe) are consistent with Sloane, Zimmerman, and Ory (2001).

b

Categories are descriptive. Column totals reflect missing data for 1 individual each on the HARS and CSDD.