The German version of the Mini Suffering State Examination (MSSE) for people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes

Zumstein, Naomi; Yamada, Keiko; Eicher, Stefanie; Theill, Nathan; Geschwindner, Heike; Wolf, Henrike; Riese, Florian

doi:10.5167/uzh-224484

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Zumstein, N., Yamada, K., Eicher, S., Theill, N., Geschwindner, H., Wolf, H., & Riese, F. (2022). The German version of the Mini Suffering State Examination (MSSE) for people with advanced dementia living in nursing homes. BMC Geriatrics, 22, 595. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03268-0

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Mini Suffering State Examination (MSSE) has been explicitly recommended to assess suffering in dementia patients. This study aimed to develop a German version of the MSSE and assess its psychometric properties involving people with advanced dementia (PAD) in a nursing home setting.

METHODS:The MSSE was translated into German, and 95 primary nurses administered it cross-sectionally to 124 PAD in Zurich, Switzerland. The psychometric properties of the German MSSE version were calculated for this population.

RESULTS: Th