Assessing Functional Ability in Cognitive Aging: Challenges and Sociocultural Factors
Sociocultural factors strongly influence functional ability assessments, with notable disparities by gender, education, and age. These findings highlight the need to interpret ND/DK responses carefully to prevent misclassification of functional impairment in cognitive aging evaluations. Additionally, improving assessment tools to account for sociocultural variations is essential for more accurate evaluations.
Authors
- Rodrigo Saguez (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2428-7942)
- Daniela Cecilia Thumala
- Patricia Lillo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7398-7203)
- Teresa Parrao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8063-0448)
- Andrea Z. Slachevsky
- Roque Villagra (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4388-4833)
Institutions
- Alberto Hurtado University (CL)
- Hospital del Salvador (CL)
- Instituto de Neurociencia Biomédica (CL)
- Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CL)
- University of Chile (CL)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70857_106757
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00