Development of a community toolkit for identifying and managing mild cognitive impairment among older adults
CHEN Junli
ZHANG Han
SHI Zhixue
LIU Ya
ZHAO Yingzhe
DONG Zhiwei
JI Lihong
LI Haiyan
CHEN Fangfang
WANG Chunping
MA Anning
JING Qi
Abstract:Objective To develop a toolkit suitable for assisting community health institutions in the early identification and inter-vention of mild cognitive impairment(MCI)among older adults.
Methods A literature review was conducted to construct a draft of the identification and intervention toolkit.Tools with an expert approval rate above 70%were included after expert consultation.The final version of the toolkit was developed by integrating these tools with officially recommended tools in China.
Results The expert consultation yielded an authority coefficient of 0.84.The finalized toolkit included the assessment tools of Mini-Mental State Examination,Montreal Cognitive Assessment,General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition,Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument and Clock Drawing Test,and 18 intervention measures in-cluding pharmacological treatment,cognitive training and psychological interventions,etc.
Conclusion The MCI Identification-Intervention Toolkit may serve as a reference for guiding the identification and inter-vention of MCI among older adults for community health institutions.
Keywords:older adultsmild cognitive impairmentidentificationinterventioncommunity
Publication Date:2025-06-25
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:11( 692-702 )
