The Reliability and Clinical Validation of Automatically-Derived Verbal Memory Features of the Verbal Learning Test in Early Diagnostics of Cognitive Impairment.

Autor:	Possemis N; Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Ter Huurne D; Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Banning L; Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Gruters A; Catharina Hospital, Medical Psychology, Eindhoven, The Netherlands., Van Asbroeck S; Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., König A; National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation (INRIA), Valbonne, Sophia Antipolis, France.; ki:elements, Saarbrücken, Germany., Linz N; ki:elements, Saarbrücken, Germany., Tröger J; ki:elements, Saarbrücken, Germany., Langel K; Janssen Clinical Innovation, Beerse, Belgium., Blokland A; Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Department of Neuropsychology & Psychopharmacology, EURON, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Prickaerts J; School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands., de Vugt M; Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.; Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Verhey F; Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.; Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Maastricht, The Netherlands., Ramakers I; Alzheimer Centre Limburg, School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.; Maastricht University Medical Centre+ (MUMC+), Department of Psychiatry & Psychology, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD [J Alzheimers Dis] 2024; Vol. 97 (1), pp. 179-191.
DOI:	10.3233/JAD-230608
Abstrakt:	Background: Previous research has shown that verbal memory accurately measures cognitive decline in the early phases of neurocognitive impairment. Automatic speech recognition from the verbal learning task (VLT) can potentially be used to differentiate between people with and without cognitive impairment. Objective: Investigate whether automatic speech recognition (ASR) of the VLT is reliable and able to differentiate between subjective cognitive decline (SCD) and mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Methods: The VLT was recorded and processed via a mobile application. Following, verbal memory features were automatically extracted. The diagnostic performance of the automatically derived features was investigated by training machine learning classifiers to distinguish between participants with SCD versus MCI/dementia. Results: The ICC for inter-rater reliability between the clinical and automatically derived features was 0.87 for the total immediate recall and 0.94 for the delayed recall. The full model including the total immediate recall, delayed recall, recognition count, and the novel verbal memory features had an AUC of 0.79 for distinguishing between participants with SCD versus MCI/dementia. The ten best differentiating VLT features correlated low to moderate with other cognitive tests such as logical memory tasks, semantic verbal fluency, and executive functioning. Conclusions: The VLT with automatically derived verbal memory features showed in general high agreement with the clinical scoring and distinguished well between SCD and MCI/dementia participants. This might be of added value in screening for cognitive impairment.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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