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S&M3523 Research Paper of Special Issue https://doi.org/10.18494/SAM4775 Published: January 31, 2024 Detecting General and Memory-specific Cognitive Impairment Using Balance and Sensory Parameters [PDF] Sinyoung Lee, Kiyoung Kwak, Emilija Kostic, and Dongwook Kim (Received July 31, 2023; Accepted December 27, 2023) Keywords: mild cognitive impairment (MCI), amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI), elderly, sensory function, dementia prediction
The objective of this study was to find variables that showed significant associations with cognitive decline and memory loss in visual, auditory, olfactory, and balance functions. Seventy-six elderly people aged 65 or older participated in the experiment, received the aforementioned functions’ assessments, and underwent cognitive screening. Participants were divided into the normal cognitive (NC) and lower cognitive (LC) groups on the basis of cognitive function test scores, and the LC group was divided into the lower-MIS and normal-MIS groups on the basis of memory index scores (MISs). The LC group had less balance, hearing, and olfactory functions than the NC group, and the lower-MIS group had less visual and auditory functions than the normal-MIS group. The performance of the classification model made of variables was evaluated as the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve. The performance was shown to be good. Therefore, this study can be the basis for the development of tools for the early diagnosis of dementia and the creation of a smart environment.
Corresponding author: Dongwook KimThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Cite this article Sinyoung Lee, Kiyoung Kwak, Emilija Kostic, and Dongwook Kim, Detecting General and Memory-specific Cognitive Impairment Using Balance and Sensory Parameters, Sens. Mater., Vol. 36, No. 1, 2024, p. 351-361. |