Mild cognitive impairment

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) be a diagnosis wey dey reflect an intermediate stage of cognitive impairment wey be often, buh no be always, a transitional phase from cognitive changes insyd normal aging to those dem typically find insyd dementia, especially dementia secof Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's dementia). MCI fi include both memory den non-memory neurocognitive impairments. About 50 percent of people dem diagnose plus MCI get Alzheimer's disease wey dey go on to develop Alzheimer's dementia within five years. MCI sanso fi serve as an early indicator give oda types of dementia, although MCI sanso fi remain stable anaa remit. Chaw definitions of MCI dey exist. A common feature of chaw of dese be say MCI dey involve cognitive impairments wey be measurable buh wey no be significant enough to interfere plus instrumental activities of daily living.

De DSM-5 dey introduce de concept of mild neurocognitive disorder (mNCD), wich be designed to be largely equivalent to MCI. De International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11) dey refer to MCI as "Mild Neurocognitive Disorder (MND)". E be controversial whether MCI for be used as a diagnosis.

De definition of MCI dey continue to evolve. Academic discussion dey revolve around whether MCI for be classified anaa diagnosed algorithmically anaa clinically, de reliability of clinical judgment, stability of de diagnosis over time, den de utility anaa predictivity of biomarkers. Differences insyd de definition den implementation of de MCI construct fi explain sam discrepancies between research studies.

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Category:Alzheimer's disease
Category:Cognitive disorders
Category:Learning disabilities
Category:Neurocognitive disorders