Terms and Measures of Cognitive Health Associated with Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease: A Scoping Review

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• Personal Author:
  Quinn, Kelly ; Miyawaki, Christina E. ; Croff, Raina ; Vogel, Mia T. ; Belza, Basia ; Souza, Anita M. ; Liu, Minhui ; Edwards, Valerie J. ; Friedman, Daniela B.
• Description:
  (2007) called on the research community to disseminate its work on cognitive aging and cognitive health. The purpose of this scoping review was to (1) identify terminology that cognitive, social, and behavioral scientists use to describe cognitive aging and cognitive health, in association with dementia and Alzheimer's disease, among older adults; (2) demonstrate how such terms are defined; and (3) illustrate how these constructs are measured in research settings. Empirical studies published 2007-2018 were examined for terminology, definitions, disciplinary orientation, and measurement mechanisms. Analysis of the corpus and a detailed review of the terms "cognitive impairment" and "mild cognitive impairment" reveal that formal definitions are provided infrequently and measurement of constructs ranges widely. Overall, the variability in terminology, definitions, and measures reflects a need for greater specificity in research communication, such that cross-disciplinary collaboration can be facilitated.
• Subjects:
  Aged Alzheimer Disease Cognition Cognitive Aging Cognitive Dysfunction Dementia Humans Observational Studies As Topic Research Design Terminology As Topic
• Keywords:
  Cognitive Impairment Mild Cognitive Impairment Research Communication Terminology
• Source:
  Res Aging. 42(5-6):174-185
• Pubmed ID:
  32195637
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7785029
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  P30 AG066518/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005006/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP005013/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/ ; UL1 TR002319/TR/NCATS NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005013/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/ ; P30 AG008017/AG/NIA NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48DP005006/ACL/ACL HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  42
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ee7f444c68a36c73176f24d8b9ae580bacbb1714781685252b187de205e2cfd09e10c26938f112d09e14a02b206b12dc44d56178408b21680567869de28c58ea
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/100394/cdc_100394_DS1.pdf
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