Díaz-Orueta, Unai, Blanco-Campal, Alberto and Burke, Teresa (2018) Rapid review of cognitive screening instruments in MCI: Proposal for a process-based approach modification of overlapping tasks in select widely used instruments. International psychogeriatrics, 30 (5). pp. 663-672. ISSN 1041-6102
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Abstract
Background: A detailed neuropsychological assessment plays an important role in the
diagnostic process of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). However, available brief cognitive
screening tests for this clinical population are administered and interpreted based mainly, or
exclusively, on total achievement scores. This score-based approach can lead to erroneous
clinical interpretations unless we also pay attention to the test taking behaviour or to the type
of errors committed during test performance.
Methods: The goal of the current study is to perform a rapid review of the literature
regarding cognitive screening tools for dementia in primary and secondary care; this will
include revisiting previously published systematic reviews on screening tools for dementia,
extensive database search, and analysis of individual references cited in selected studies.
Results: A subset of representative screening tools for dementia was identified that
covers as many cognitive functions as possible. How these screening tools overlap with each
other (in terms of the cognitive domains being measured and the method used to assess them)
was examined and a series of process-based approach modifications for these overlapping
features were proposed, so that the changes recommended in relation to one particular
cognitive task could be extrapolated to other screening tools.
Conclusion: It is expected that future versions of cognitive screening tests, modified
using a process-based approach, will highlight the benefits of attending to qualitative features
of test performance when trying to identify subtle features suggestive of MCI and/or
dementia.
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | This study was funded by the European Commission, under the program MSCA-IF (Marie Sklodowska Curie Actions-Individual Fellowship), Grant Number 654895 -ESPACE-H2020-MSCA-IF-2014. Cite as: Díaz-Orueta, U., Blanco-Campal, A., & Burke, T. (2018). Rapid review of cognitive screening instruments in MCI: Proposal for a process-based approach modification of overlapping tasks in select widely used instruments. International Psychogeriatrics, 30(5), 663-672. doi:10.1017/S1041610217002253 |
Keywords: | Dementia; Cognitive Assessment; Mild Cognitive Impairment; MCI; Screening; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
Item ID: | 13270 |
Identification Number: | 10.1017/S1041610217002253 |
Depositing User: | Unai Diaz-Orueta |
Date Deposited: | 23 Sep 2020 16:39 |
Journal or Publication Title: | International psychogeriatrics |
Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
Refereed: | Yes |
Funders: | MSCA-IF Program, European Commission |
Related URLs: | |
URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/13270 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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