Memory and Executive Screening Scale – Chinese Version

Description

An ideal cognitive screening tool for Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) should be concise, time-efficient, easy to administer, and not affected by confounding factors such as education, culture, and language. It should also reflect the most significant cognitive impairments. Currently, there is no universally recognized MCI screening tool that meets these criteria. The Memory and Executive Screening (MES) scale was developed by Professor Guo Qihua from Huashan Hospital in 2009. It has a total score of 100 points, with 50 points for the memory factor and 50 points for the executive factor. The author investigated 197 elderly individuals in a normal control group, 116 patients with aMCI-sd (single-domain amnesic MCI), 195 patients with aMCI-md (multiple-domain amnesic MCI), and 228 patients with mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD) from the Huashan Hospital Memory Clinic between June 2009 and October 2011. All samples were aged 50 years and older, and there were no significant differences in age, gender, or education between groups.

Authors and Contact Email

Professor Guo Qihua, Huashan Hospital, Shanghai, China. Email information not available.

Purpose

To provide a reliable and valid screening tool for MCI that is simple, quick, and less influenced by demographic factors.

Test Year

2009

Administration Method and Scoring

The MES takes approximately 7 minutes to complete and includes various standardized neuropsychological tests, including MMSE, MES, AVLT (Auditory Verbal Learning Test), TMT (Trail Making Test), and BNT (Boston Naming Test). The scores from these standardized tests serve as the basis for MCI diagnosis.

Reliability and Validity

Correlation analysis revealed that the three indicators of MES (memory score, executive score, and total score) are significantly correlated with age, with older individuals scoring lower. There was no significant correlation with education level. Additionally, there were no apparent ceiling or floor effects. The ROC analysis showed that a total MES score of ≤ 75 can identify the aMCI-sd group with an area under the curve (AUC) of 0.89, a sensitivity of 80%, and specificity of 83%. For the aMCI-md group, a total MES score of ≤ 75 indicates an AUC of 0.95, a sensitivity of 87%, and specificity of 91%.

Factors and Subscales

– 记忆因子 (Memory Factor)
– 执行因子 (Executive Factor)

Keywords

Mild Cognitive Impairment, Memory and Executive Screening, Neuropsychological Assessment, Cognitive Function, Alzheimer’s Disease

Items in Chinese

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Items in English

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References

神经心理评估（第二版） 作者： 郭启浩著出版社： 上海科学技术出版社出版时间：2016-02-01