A New Computer-Based Cognitive Measure for Early Detection of Dementia Risk (Japan Cognitive Function Test): Validation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The emergence of disease-modifying treatment options for Alzheimer disease is creating a paradigm shift in strategies to identify patients with mild symptoms in primary care settings. Systematic reviews on digital cognitive tests reported that most showed diagnostic performance comparable with that of paper-and-pencil tests for mild cognitive impairment and dementia. However, most studies have small sample sizes, with fewer than 100 individuals, and are based on case-control or cross-sectional designs.

Objective

This study aimed to examine the predictive validity of the Japanese Cognitive Function Test (J-Cog), a new computerized cognitive battery test, for dementia development.

Methods

We randomly assigned 2520 older adults (average age 72.7, SD 6.7 years)

SUBMITTER: Shimada H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11888094 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature