학술논문
Newly self-administered two-step tool for screening cognitive function in an ageing Chinese population: an exploratory cross-sectional study
Document Type
article
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Source
General Psychiatry, Vol 36, Iss 1 (2023)
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Language
English
ISSN
2517-729X
Abstract
Background Early screening of cognitive function is critical to dementia treatment and care. However, traditional tests require face-to-face administration and are often limited by implementation costs and biases.Aims This study aimed to assess whether the Thoven Cognitive Self-Assessment (TCSA), a novel, innovative two-step touchscreen-based cognition assessment tool, could identify early cognitive impairment due to dementia in older adults.Methods The TCSA was administered to 61 healthy controls (HCs), 46 participants with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and 44 participants diagnosed with dementia recruited from Shanghai. Two outcome measures were generated from the TCSA test: the TCSAprimary task score and the TCSAsecondary task score.Results The total average scores in the control group for the TCSAprimary task and TCSAsecondary task were significantly higher than those in the MCI and dementia groups (TCSAprimary task: HCs vs MCI group vs dementia group, 8.58±1.76 vs 5.40±2.67 vs 2.74±2.11, F=75.40, p