Developing a Brief Neuropsychological Battery for Early Diagnosis of Cognitive Impairment.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Early diagnosis of cognitive impairment is increasingly emphasized in the literature to facilitate timely preventive interventions. Although bedside cognitive tests such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) are widely used for such early diagnostic purposes, they may not have comparable performance to a full neuropsychological battery (FNB) in diagnosing early cognitive impairment. This study investigated whether a small subset of neuropsychological tests can be added on to MoCA to match its performance to that of the FNB in discriminating mild cognitive impairment and dementia (MCI/dementia) from normal cognition.

Design

Cross-sectional diagnostic study.

Setting

Alzheimer's Disease Centers across the United States.

Participants

Older particip

SUBMITTER: Liew TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6663638 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature