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Assessing the cognitive status of older adults attending primary healthcare centers in Saudi Arabia using the Mini-Mental State Examination

Sulaiman A. Alshammari, Adel A. Alhamdan, Saad M. Bindawas, Maysoon M. Al-Amoud, Saada M. Al-Orf, May N. Al-Muammar and Philip C. Calder
Saudi Medical Journal December 2020, 41 (12) 1315-1323; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.12.25576
Sulaiman A. Alshammari
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Adel A. Alhamdan
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Saad M. Bindawas
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Maysoon M. Al-Amoud
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Saada M. Al-Orf
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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May N. Al-Muammar
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Philip C. Calder
From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
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vol. 41 no. 12 1315-1323
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2020.12.25576
PubMed 
33294888

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Saudi Medical Journal
Online ISSN 
1658-3175
History 
  • Received July 21, 2020
  • Accepted November 18, 2020
  • Published online December 1, 2020.

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Copyright: © Saudi Medical Journal This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Author Information

  1. Sulaiman A. Alshammari, MBBS, FRCGP,
  2. Adel A. Alhamdan, PhD,
  3. Saad M. Bindawas, PhD, FHEA,
  4. Maysoon M. Al-Amoud, MBBS, MSc,
  5. Saada M. Al-Orf, PhD,
  6. May N. Al-Muammar, PhD and
  7. Philip C. Calder, PhD
  1. From the Department of Family and Community Medicine (Alshammari), College of Medicine; from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Alhamdan), from the Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (Bindawas), from the Department of Community Health Sciences (Al-Orf, Al-Muammar), College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University; from the Primary Health Care Centers (Al-Amoud), Ministry of Health, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; from the Human Development and Health Academic Unit (Calder), Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom; and from NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (Calder), University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom
  1. Address correspondence and reprint request to: Dr. Sulaiman A. Alshammari, Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. E-mail: amsahsa{at}gmail.com ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9596-5590
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