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A study on the Mini-cog scale in the general screening of cognitive status among the elderly in Putian city

Preprint: cross-sectional study of 450 peopleBiomarkers

Abstract

Background Early detection of cognitive impairment is critical to reduce dementia burden, but feasible screening tools are lacking in dialect-dominant, illiterate, resource-limited regions. The Mini-cog is a brief, simple instrument; its performance in such populations remains unclear.

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