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Hungarian Gerontology

Vol. 11 No. 37-38 (2019)
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Application of Hungarian version of Test Your Memory (TYM-HUN)

Published:
2019-12-01
DOI Linkhttps://doi.org/10.47225/MG/11/37-38./7897
Authors
A. Égerházi,
Z. Gy. Kovács,
É. Magócs,
G. J. Szőllősi,
Sz. Harsányi,
Sz. Garbóczy,
L. R. Kolozsvári
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Keywords
Alzheimer's Dementia TYM-HUN Test Your Memory Mild cognitive impairment dementia screening
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Égerházi, A., Kovács, Z. G., Magócs, É., Szőllősi, G. J., Harsányi, S., Garbóczy, S., & Kolozsvári, L. R. (2019). Application of Hungarian version of Test Your Memory (TYM-HUN). Hungarian Gerontology, 11(37-38), 25-33. https://doi.org/10.47225/MG/11/37-38./7897
Abstract

The change in brain functions is a natural consequence of aging, e.g. difficult to recall names, to remember numbers, to learn new things. However, mental decline and dementia are not part of natural aging. Dementia is primarily a disease of the elderly. Neuropathology of Alheimer’s dementia starts long before the clinical symptoms of dementia, part of a mild cognitive impairment (MCI) might be due to this. At this stage, recognizing the cognitive dysfunction may give the opportunity to slow down the progression, respectively as soon as causal treatment becomes available, it could be used. The Hungarian version of "Test Your Memory" (TYM-HUN) is a suitable short self-test test for screening dementia and is also expected to be useful to detect MCI.