Improved dementia screening for elderly with low education in South Korea using the Cognitive Impairment Screening Test (CIST)
The CIST is a reliable and useful tool for assessing cognitive function, showing advantages over the K-MMSE in detecting cognitive decline among older adults without formal education. Further large-scale validation studies are warranted.
Authors
- Byeong C. Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6827-6730)
- Hosung Kim (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2269-8644)
- Hak-Loh Lee
- Gwangsoon Shon
- Seong‐Min Choi
- Kyung Wook Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9362-8670)
- Gilsoon Park
- Kang‐Ho Choi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8851-2104)
- Hyunsoo Kim
- Soo Hyun Cho (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4262-1468)
Institutions
- University of Southern California (US)
- Chonnam National University Hospital (KR)
- Gwangju University (KR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Neuroscience
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnins.2025.1599019
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.88
Funders
- National Research Foundation
- Chonnam National University
- Korea Health Industry Development Institute
- National Research Foundation of Korea
- Ministry of Science and ICT, South Korea