
<strong>Paper Title</strong><br>
Role Of The Cognitive Screening Tool In Early Dementia Diagnosis<br>
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<strong>Abstract</strong><br>
Dementia diagnosis is a very complex task at its early stages because its various subtypes have the same
symptomatology. Moreover, it becomes difficult to detect mild cognitive impairment with age because with aging, there is
an increased prevalence of both health illness and sensory deficit. Therefore, a short screening tool is required to define a
clear boundary between symptoms of normal aging and mild cognitive impairment as well as between different subtypes of
dementia before proper diagnosis. Screening of dementia in developing countries is a challenging task due to educational and
cultural versatility and only one cognitive test is not enough to screen out demented subjects in mass population. The aim of
this paper is to analyze need, benefits and difficulties during the selection of cognitive test for a cognitive screening
instrument to facilitate interdisciplinary approaches of early dementia diagnosis with least assistance of clinical person for
the increasing population of a developing country.
Keywords: Dementia, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Test