Objective: Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) results are strongly influenced by educational level. The Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB) is an alternative assessment tool that provides more accurate results in individuals with less education. Our aim was to compare the MMSE and BCSB as screening tests.
Methods: The MMSE and BCSB were assessed in 112 participants by two evaluators blind to the other test's result. Participants were classified according to their level of education. The influence of education level was analyzed using the Kruskal-Wallis and multiple comparison tests.
Results: Scores of the MMSE (p < 0.0001) and the clock-drawing test (p < 0.0001) were influenced by education level but the delayed recall test score was not (p = 0.0804). The verbal fluency test (p = 0.00035) was influenced only by higher educational levels. It took three minutes less to apply the MMSE than to apply the BCSB (p < 0.0001).
Conclusions: These findings suggest that the delayed recall test and the verbal fluency test of the BCSB are better than the MMSE and clock-drawing test as tools for evaluating cognition in people with limited education.
Background: Self-neglect is a serious public health problem affecting older people. This study was conducted to determine the prevalence of self-neglect and related factors in the elderly, which has become more important with the increase in the elderly population.
Methods: The cross-sectional study included individuals aged 65 years and over.
Aims: To investigate the effect of alcohol consumption on the clinical symptoms in a cohort of Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) patients.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study focusing on possible and probable PSP patients in Qilu Hospital of Shandong University. Diagnoses and clinical phenotypes were confirmed using the 2017 Movement Disorder Society criteria and the Multiple Allocations eXtinction (MAX) rules.
Introduction: Anemia is a risk factor for dementia development. However, few studies have examined the relationship between brain volume and anemia. This study aimed to analyze the association between anemia and brain volume using magnetic resonance imaging data from brain health checkups.
Department of Anesthesiology & Key Laboratory of Clinical Science and Research, Zhongda Hospital, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China.
Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between intraoperative sleep spindle activity and postoperative sleep disturbance (PSD) in elderly orthopedic surgery patients.
Patients And Methods: In this prospective observational cohort study, we collected intraoperative electroencephalography (EEG) data from 212 elderly patients undergoing orthopedic surgery from May 2023 to December 2023. We used the Athens Insomnia Scale to assess sleep quality on postoperative day (POD) 1 and POD 3 and analyzed the correlation between intraoperative sleep spindle activity and PSD through logistic regression.
Background: It is unclear whether the extent of neuroaxonal damage, as measured by circulating levels of neurofilament light chain (NfL), would modify the effects of early antihypertensive therapy on cognitive performance following stroke. This study aimed to investigate the effects of early blood pressure reduction on the risk of post-stroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) among patients with different plasma NfL levels.
Methods: A total of 622 eligible patients from a pre-planned ancillary study of CATIS (China Antihypertensive Trial in Acute Ischemic Stroke) were included in this study.
