What makes the MCI Screen so accurate?
The MCI Screen is based on the 10-Word Recall Test included in the CERAD (Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease) battery, the assessment used by dementia specialists. The 10-Word Recall Test requires the subject to memorize and recall a list of 10 words. Medical Care Corporation gathered the response patterns on the CERAD wordlist for several hundred subjects as well as complete physiological, neurological, and psychological exam data on each subject. Using advanced mathematics, we analyzed the responses of subjects in the database to isolate differences in the response patterns of normal subjects compared to those with memory disorders. By classifying over one trillion response patterns, we developed methods to accurately identify the earliest stages of memory loss.
