PEMANFAATAN MINI MENTAL STATE EXAM (MMSE) OLEH DOKTER-DOKTER PUSKESMAS UNTUK DETEKSI DINI GANGGUAN DEMENSIA PADA ORANG TUA LANJUT USIA (LANSIA) DI KABUPATEN BENGKULU UTARA

Suryo Bantolo (Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Bengkulu)
Zayadi Zainuddin (Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Bengkulu)
Utari Hartati Suryani (Fakultas Kedokteran dan Ilmu Kesehatan Universitas Bengkulu)

Dharma Raflesia : Jurnal Ilmiah Pengembangan dan Penerapan IPTEKS
Vol 13, No 2 (2015): DESEMBER

One of the health problems in the elderly are dementia disorder, or better known to laymen as senile. About 5% of 65-70 year old age suffer from dementia and has doubled every 5 years reached 45% at the age of 85 years. The purpose of this activity is to equip doctors of health centers to implement the use of MMSE as a screening tool that is sustainable for the prevention of disorder dementia in the elderly. The methods of these activities by providing direct training to the general practitioners to use the MMSE. Training activities and practice the use of MMSE for clinics doctors in North Bengkulu district has been going smoothly after the expected. It is necessary synergy between health centers, hospitals and health authorities to monitor this activity and follow up on the elderly who experience these dementia. Keywords: Dementia, MMSE, Training