Table 3 Comparison of sample composition and setting of the original English version and the German version of the MSSE questionnaire
Country | Israel (Aminoff et al. 2004) [12] | Israel (Aminoff et al. 2016) [14] | Switzerland |
Setting | research and treatment center | geriatric-internal medicine ward of a general tertiary hospital | nursing homes |
Sample size | N = 103 | N = 183 | N = 124 |
Population | patients with “end-stage dementia” | patients with “end-stage dementia” | patients with advanced dementia |
Diagnosis | frequencies not reported | frequencies not reported | 64 (51.6%) Alzheimer’s disease, 56 (45.2%) dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease, 4 (3.2%) Alzheimer’s disease and dementia other than Alzheimer’s disease |
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) [22] | frequencies not reported | frequencies not reported | – |
Functional Independence Measure (FIM) [51] | frequencies not reported | frequencies not reported | – |
Functional Assessment Staging (FAST) [21] | – | frequencies not reported | – |
Cognitive Performance Scale (CPS) [23] | – | – | 122 patients (98.4%) had a CPS of 5, 2 (1.6%) had one of 6 |
Age range | 51–96 | 56–102 | 55–102 |
Males | 45 | 73 | 26 |
Females | 58 | 110 | 98 |
Respondents | two physicians | not reported | 95 primary nurses |
Time of administration | predeath | predeath | predeath |
Recall period | no recall period | no recall period | current situation |