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January 18, 2021Frontiers in PsychologyOpen Access

The Italian Version of the Test Your Memory (TYM-I): A Tool to Detect Mild Cognitive Impairment in the Clinical Setting

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Why the study?

The study was conducted to assess the discrimination ability of the Italian version of the Test Your Memory (TYM-I) in detecting mild cognitive impairment in a clinical setting.

Does the Italian version of the Test Your Memory (TYM-I) accurately detect Mild Cognitive Impairment compared to the MMSE?

Population

94 MCI patients and 134 healthy controls

Comparison

TYM-I vs MMSE or clinical diagnosis as the gold standard

Authors

MBMaria Rosaria BarulliFerioli & Gianotti (Italy)MPMarco PiccininniHasso Plattner InstituteABAndrea BrugnoloAzienda Ospedaliera di Perugia

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Implication

May support efficient self-administered MCI screening in Italian clinics; leaves open larger prospective studies before practice change.

Structured PICO

Does the Italian version of the Test Your Memory (TYM-I) accurately detect Mild Cognitive Impairment compared to the MMSE?

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Population
228 adults, comprising 94 patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) (40 amnestic, 54 non-amnestic) and 134 healthy controls, from Italy.
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Intervention
Italian version of the Test Your Memory (TYM-I) cognitive screening test
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Comparator
Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) and clinical diagnosis (gold standard)
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Outcome
Discrimination ability (Area Under the Curve, sensitivity, specificity) of TYM-I in detecting Mild Cognitive Impairmentsurrogate

The TYM-I is a valid and easily administered screening tool for detecting mild cognitive impairment in clinical settings, performing similarly to the MMSE.

Limitations

  • Relatively small sample size, especially for the ROC analyses in strata of age and education.

Cite This Study

Barulli et al. (2021) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a80c733796b41d313fdce2ahttps://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.614920
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