Public Health.

Background: Older adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) show decreased flexibility, speed, and fluency in writing, suggesting the feasibility of using quantitative handwriting analysis for MCI detection. Given task variability and the complexities of Chinese versus English characters, investigating Chinese handwriting characteristics is crucial for refining MCI screening approach.

Method: 259 participants (109 with MCI, 150 controls) were engaged to completed six handwriting tasks using a dot-matrix digital pen, encompassing four Chinese characters tasks and two graphical drawing tasks.

Delirium in psychiatric settings: risk factors and assessment tools in patients with psychiatric illness: a scoping review.

Background: Delirium is a common disorder affecting patients' psychiatric illness, characterized by a high rate of underdiagnosis, misdiagnosis, and high risks. However, previous studies frequently excluded patients with psychiatric illness, leading to limited knowledge about risk factors and optimal assessment tools for delirium in psychiatric settings.

Objectives: The scoping review was carried out to (1) identify the risk factors associated with delirium in patients with psychiatric illness; (2) synthesize the performance of assessment tools for detecting delirium in patients with psychiatric illness in psychiatric settings.

Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome as a Predictor of Adverse Health Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Introduction: Motoric cognitive risk syndrome (MCR) is a newly proposed pre-dementia syndrome characterized by subjective cognitive complaints (SCCs) and slow gait (SG). Increasing evidence links MCR to several adverse health outcomes, but the specific relationship between MCR and the risk of frailty, Alzheimer's disease (AD), and vascular dementia (VaD) remains unclear. Additionally, literature lacks analysis of MCR's components and associated health outcomes, complicating risk identification.

A study of auxiliary screening for Alzheimer's disease based on handwriting characteristics.

Background And Objectives: Alzheimer's disease (AD) has an insidious onset, the early stages are easily overlooked, and there are no reliable, rapid, and inexpensive ancillary detection methods. This study analyzes the differences in handwriting kinematic characteristics between AD patients and normal elderly people to model handwriting characteristics. The aim is to investigate whether handwriting analysis has a promising future in AD auxiliary screening or even auxiliary diagnosis and to provide a basis for developing a handwriting-based diagnostic tool.

Correlates of Adherence of Multimodal Non-pharmacological Interventions in Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Background: Non-pharmacological interventions are promising for delaying cognitive decline in older adults with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Although some studies have demonstrated adherence rates and factors influencing participation in single modality non-pharmacological interventions, little is known about the level and correlates of adherence to multimodal non-pharmacological interventions (MNPIs) in older adults with MCI.

Objective: This study aimed to explore the adherence level and the correlates of adherence to MNPIs in older adults with MCI.

Methodology of Measuring Motoric Cognitive Risk Syndrome-Focusing on Slow Gait Speed: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

Introduction: Older adults with motoric cognitive risk (MCR) syndrome are at high risk of developing dementia. Although the definition of MCR is well recognized and consensus, previous studies did not reach an agreement on diagnostic criteria and measurement methods/tools for slow gait speed, which is one of four components of MCR diagnosis. The substantial heterogeneity in the methodology of slow gait speed diagnosis for MCR limits comparability and meta-analysis of studies.