Journal Article

DZNE-2020-03732

http://join2-wiki.gsi.de/foswiki/pub/Main/Artwork/join2_logo100x88.png Prognosis of mild cognitive impairment in general practice: results of the German AgeCoDe study.

Kaduszkiewicz, H. ; Eisele, M. (Corresponding author) ; Wiese, B. ; Prokein, J. ; Luppa, M. ; Luck, T. ; Jessen, F.DZNE* ; Bickel, H. ; Mösch, E. ; Pentzek, M. ; Fuchs, A. ; Eifflaender-Gorfer, S. ; Weyerer, S. ; König, H.-H. ; Brettschneider, C. ; van den Bussche, H. ; Maier, W.DZNE* ; Scherer, M. ; Riedel-Heller, S. G. ; Study on Aging, C.

2014
Cleveland, Ohio

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Abstract: The concept of mild cognitive impairment (MCI) has recently been introduced into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) as mild neurocognitive disorder, making it a formal diagnosis. We investigated the prognostic value of such a diagnosis and analyzed the determinants of the future course of MCI in the AgeCoDe study (German Study on Ageing, Cognition, and Dementia in Primary Care Patients).We recruited 357 patients with MCI aged 75 years or older from primary care practices and conducted follow-up with interviews for 3 years. Depending on the course of impairment over time, the patients were retrospectively split into 4 groups representing remittent, fluctuating, stable, and progressive courses of MCI. We performed ordinal logistic regression analysis and classification and regression tree (CART) analysis.Overall, 41.5% of the patients had remission of symptoms with normal cognitive function 1.5 and 3 years later, 21.3% showed a fluctuating course, 14.8% had stable symptoms, and 22.4% had progression to dementia. Patients were at higher risk for advancing from one course to the next along this spectrum if they had symptoms of depression, impairment in more than 1 cognitive domain, or more severe cognitive impairment, or were older. The result on a test of the ability to learn and reproduce new material 10 minutes later was the best indicator at baseline for differentiating between remittent and progressive MCI. Symptoms of depression modified the prognosis.In primary care, about one-quarter of patients with MCI have progression to dementia within the next 3 years. Assessments of memory function and depressive symptoms are helpful in predicting a progressive vs a remittent course. When transferring the concept of MCI into clinical diagnostic algorithms (eg, DSM-5), however, we should not forget that three-quarters of patients with MCI stayed cognitively stable or even improved within 3 years. They should not be alarmed unnecessarily by receiving such a diagnosis.

Keyword(s): Aged (MeSH) ; Aged, 80 and over (MeSH) ; Cognitive Dysfunction: classification (MeSH) ; Cognitive Dysfunction: diagnosis (MeSH) ; Cognitive Dysfunction: epidemiology (MeSH) ; Disease Progression (MeSH) ; Female (MeSH) ; General Practice (MeSH) ; Geriatric Assessment (MeSH) ; Germany: epidemiology (MeSH) ; Humans (MeSH) ; Male (MeSH) ; Prognosis (MeSH) ; Retrospective Studies (MeSH)

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Contributing Institute(s):

1. Patient studies cologne (AG Jessen)
2. U Clinical Researchers - Bonn (U Clinical Researchers - Bonn)

Research Program(s):

1. 344 - Clinical and Health Care Research (POF3-344) (POF3-344)

Appears in the scientific report 2014

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Database coverage:
; Clarivate Analytics Master Journal List ; Current Contents - Clinical Medicine ; Ebsco Academic Search ; IF < 5 ; JCR ; PubMed Central ; SCOPUS ; Science Citation Index Expanded ; Web of Science Core Collection

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