Mild Cognitive Impairment
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is an intermediate clinical state between normal cognitive aging and dementia, and it precedes and leads to dementia in many cases. The concept of MCI is new, evolving, and somewhat controversial, but there is rough consensus as to its clinical definition and prognosis.
Criteria include the presence of subjective complaints of gradual memory loss over at least 6 months reported by the patient or family members, with objective evidence of memory loss demonstrated on clinical memory tests. There has to be general preservation of other cognitive domains (Nasreddine et al. 2005).
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Tasks associated with Mild Cognitive Impairment and their contrasts
| Task | Contrast Measure |
| Montreal Cognitive Assessment | Total score | |
RELATIONSHIPS to other disorders
Mild Cognitive Impairment is kind of the following disorders:
The following diorders are kind of Mild Cognitive Impairment:
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Term BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA: a brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment.
Nasreddine ZS, Phillips NA, Bédirian V, Charbonneau S, Whitehead V, Collin I, Cummings JL, Chertkow H
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (J Am Geriatr Soc)
2005 Apr
Nasreddine ZS, Phillips NA, Bédirian V, Charbonneau S, Whitehead V, Collin I, Cummings JL, Chertkow H
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (J Am Geriatr Soc)
2005 Apr
