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Undiagnosed cognitive impairment and willingness to seek help: Community-representative study from Singapore

2026-01-18 geriatric medicine Title + abstract only
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This study challenges the assumption that undiagnosed cognitive impairment (CI) is driven primarily by patient-level barriers like poor awareness. In a population-weighted cohort of 1,856 older Singaporeans, CI prevalence was 24.7% (95%CI 18.8-31.8); yet the undiagnosed rate was high (81.4%, 95%CI 65.6-90.9), especially for mild CI (97.9%, 95%CI 94.1-99.3). This diagnostic gap persisted despite high symptom awareness (81.3%, 95%CI 63.6-91.5) and help-seeking intent (63.3%, 95%CI 47.5-76.7), with...

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