Validity of the Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire with elderly psychiatric patients.

A survey of the reasons patients do not chose percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy/jejunostomy (PEG/PEJ) as a route for long‐term feeding

“…Test‐retest reliability for this instrument ranged from 0·82–0·83 (Pfeiffer 1975). The correlation between the SPMSQ and the Bender Gestalt test of perceptual‐motor performance was 0·60, with the Basic Living Skills Assessment 0·57 and with the Digit Span Subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, 0·66 (Wolber & Romaniuk 1984). The SPMSQ has been tested widely in Taiwan, and the internal consistency ranges from 0·92–0·99.…”

Barriers to Research Participant Retention in a Longitudinal Study of End-of-Life Decision Making

“…In the present study, age and QOL scores were the two significant factors associated with death by Time 2 (3 months after baseline). The McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire used in this study [14][15][16][17] may be useful to investigators in identifying patients with terminal illness who may be at higher risk for death within a 3-month period in future studies.…”

“…Inclusion criteria were as follows: 18 years of age, within 8 weeks of being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) or advanced cancer, or within 8 weeks of being hospitalized for class III-IV CHF. The Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire was used to screen for cognitive impairment, [14][15][16][17] and the Confusion Assessment Method 18 was used to assess mental status and delirium. Baseline QOL was measured during the initial interview using the McGill Quality of Life Questionnaire, [19][20][21][22] and functional health status was measured using the General Health Questionnaire.…”

Specificity of the 21-Item Test in two elderly samples

“…Although a valid screening measure with demonstrated clinical utility (Smyer, Hofland, & Jonas, 1979;Wolber, Romaniuk, Eastman, & Robinson, 1984), it is far from being a comprehensive measure of cognitive functioning. The SPMSQ does not formally assess problem solving, executive functions, information processing, motor skills, visual-spatial skills, new learning, and/or language abilities.…”