biostudies-literatureUnknown9Climent MT<b>Purpose:</b> The early detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is essential in aging societies where dementia is becoming a common manifestation among the elderly. Thus our aim is to develop a decision tree to discriminate individuals at risk of MCI among non-institutionalized elderly users of community pharmacy. A more clinically and patient-oriented role of the community pharmacist in primary care makes the dispensation of medication an adequate situation for an effective, rapid, easy, and reproducible screening of MCI. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was conducted with 728 non-institutionalized participants older than 65. A total of 167 variables were collected such as age, gender, educational attainment, daily sleep duration, reading frequency, subjective memory complaiFrontiers in pharmacology1232https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC6215965biostudies-literatureDecision Tree for Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment by Community Pharmacists.PMC6215965Guerrero MDPardo JMoreno LMunoz-Almaraz FJCliment MTfalseDecision Tree for Early Detection of Cognitive Impairment by Community Pharmacists.<b>Purpose:</b> The early detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is essential in aging societies where dementia is becoming a common manifestation among the elderly. Thus our aim is to develop a decision tree to discriminate individuals at risk of MCI among non-institutionalized elderly users of community pharmacy. A more clinically and patient-oriented role of the community pharmacist in primary care makes the dispensation of medication an adequate situation for an effective, rapid, easy, and reproducible screening of MCI. <b>Methods:</b> A cross-sectional study was conducted with 728 non-institutionalized participants older than 65. A total of 167 variables were collected such as age, gender, educational attainment, daily sleep duration, reading frequency, subjective memory complai2018-01-01T00:00:00Z20182026-07-15T17:24:01.911Z2019-03-27T00:07:13ZS-EPMC62159653042080810.3389/fphar.2018.01232