5 articles
Delirium
Delirium (acute confusional state, toxic-metabolic encephalopathy) is an acute, fluctuating disturbance of attention and awareness caused by illness, drugs, or withdrawal. Common in hospitalized older adults; screened with CAM, CAM-ICU, or 4AT; treated by correcting the cause.
ITA-VALI-DEM study
ITA-VALI-DEM (NCT06701630) is an observational study by Casa di Cura IGEA, Milan, validating Italian versions of BADL, IADL, E-Cog, NPI-Q, and M-FAQ scales in 390 adults aged 60 and over across SCD, MCI, mild dementia, and unimpaired groups.
Mini–mental state examination
Mini–mental state examination (MMSE), 30-point bedside cognitive screening test published by Folstein and colleagues in 1975; pooled sensitivity and specificity about 0.89 for dementia, weaker for MCI, affected by education and language.
MoCA-B Turkish study
MoCA-B Turkish study (NCT07630688): a completed cross-sectional validation of the Turkish Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic in 166 low-education adults at Antalya Training and Research Hospital, finding AUC 0.891 for MCI (cut-off 21) and 0.992 for dementia (cut-off 18).
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a 10-minute cognitive screening test developed by Ziad Nasreddine in 1996, published 2005; detects mild cognitive impairment, cutoff below 26/30, more sensitive than MMSE, education-adjusted cutoffs vary widely.