title: High interest in screening and treatment for mild cognitive impairment in older adults: A pilot study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To assess interest of older adults in screening and treatment for mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional, in-person pilot survey with a convenience sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  Two university-based geriatrics clinic waiting rooms in Chicago.
  
  
  METHODS
  Healthy adults aged 35 and older without cognitive impairment (n = 149).
  
  
  METHODS
  Following a description of MCI extracted from the Alzheimer's Association Website "Fact Sheet," questions concerning willingness to be screened and treated for MCI.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Ninety-eight percent of respondents would be willing to be tested for MCI if a family member suggested they had memory problems, 99% were willing to take a medication if it would cut the risk of conversion from MCI to Alzheimer's disease (AD) in half, and 92% would take a medication to delay the conversion from MCI to AD by 1 year. If a family member suggested memory problems, African Americans were more willing than whites to be screened for MCI (75% vs 57%; P = .05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Older adults expressed high interest in screening and treatment for MCI. Interest in screening is even stronger in African Americans than in whites. Such high interest is potentially troubling, given the current state of knowledge about MCI.
authors.affiliation: Section of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, USA. wdale@medicine.bsd.uchicago.edu
authors.forename: William
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Dale
authors.forename: Gavin W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Hougham
authors.forename: Emily Kay
authors.initials: EK
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: Greg A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Sachs
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002641:Chicago; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care; D010865:Pilot Projects; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors