Mild cognitive impairment: early detection and new perspectives

作者：Mora Simon Sara^*; Garcia Garcia Ricardo; Victoria Perea Bartolome M; Ladera Fernandez Valentina; Unzueta Arce Jaime; Patino Alonso Maria C; Rodriguez Sanchez Emiliano

来源：Revista de Neurologia, 2012, 54(5): 303-310.

• Cognitive screening tests
• Dementia
• Early detection
• Mild cognitive impairment
• Neuropsychology
• Screening

Introduction. Along past years, interest in mild cognitive impairment (MCI) research and its early detection has been increased. Unlike first theories, international current proposals suggest that MCI is a syndrome characterized by an impairment in one or more cognitive functions without interfering in daily functional abilities and it is also accompanied by a concern because of the cognitive change. Although early MCI detection is usually made by cognitive screening tests, most of them do not seem to correctly detect MCI, but dementia. %26lt;br%26gt;Aim. To expose an analysis of the cognitive screening tests more suitable for clinical MCI detection, according to current researches. %26lt;br%26gt;Development and conclusions. There are three kind of cognitive screening tests: general cognitive screening tests, specific cognitive screening tests and MCI-subtype cognitive screening test. We observe that most of the tests don%26apos;t follow current MCI criteria. In this respect we propose to jointly apply tests, as well as the necessity of a carefully test choice to effectively detect MCI in clinical practice.

• 出版日期2012-3-1