Development and application progress of cognitive assessment scales

Abstract

Cognitive impairment has become one of the most important diseases threatening the health of the elderly population. How to identify and evaluate it early is the key to the early diagnosis and treatment for this kind of disease. This review compares the cognitive assessment scales commonly used at home and abroad so as to provide a reference for researchers to choose a suitable scale. It also introduces the recent progress of cognitive impairment screening scales in China in order to develop a cognitive impairment screening scale for Chinese population.

Keywords

• cognition disorders
• neuropsychological tests
• aged
• china
• review