Cognitive frailty: a conceptual systematic review and an operational proposal for future research

D Facal, A Maseda, AX Pereiro, M Gandoy-Crego… - Maturitas, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To analyze the definition of “cognitive frailty” and to study the conceptual and
operational definitions used and their implications for empirical research. The relationships …

Speech analysis by natural language processing techniques: a possible tool for very early detection of cognitive decline?

D Beltrami, G Gagliardi, R Rossini Favretti… - Frontiers in aging …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Background: The discovery of early, non-invasive biomarkers for the identification of
“preclinical” or “pre-symptomatic” Alzheimer's disease and other dementias is a key issue in …

Natural language processing techniques for studying language in pathological ageing: A scoping review

G Gagliardi - … Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Background In the past few years there has been a growing interest in the employment of
verbal productions as digital biomarkers, namely objective, quantifiable behavioural data …

Linguistic features and automatic classifiers for identifying mild cognitive impairment and dementia

L Calzà, G Gagliardi, RR Favretti… - Computer Speech & …, 2021 - Elsevier
Almost 50 million people are living with dementia in 2018 worldwide, and the number will
double every 20 years. The effectiveness of existing pharmacologic treatments for the …

An automatic Alzheimer's disease classifier based on spontaneous spoken English

F Bertini, D Allevi, G Lutero, L Calzà… - Computer Speech & …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the World Health Organization, the number of people suffering from
dementia worldwide will grow to 150 million by mid-century, and Alzheimer's disease is the …

Automatic speech classifier for mild cognitive impairment and early dementia

F Bertini, D Allevi, G Lutero, D Montesi… - ACM Transactions on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
The World Health Organization estimates that 50 million people are currently living with
dementia worldwide and this figure will almost triple by 2050. Current pharmacological …

Ethical considerations in the early detection of Alzheimer's disease using speech and AI

U Petti, R Nyrup, JM Skopek, A Korhonen - Proceedings of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
While recent studies indicate that AI could play an important role in detecting early signs of
Alzheimer's disease in speech, this use of data from individuals with cognitive decline raises …

An analysis of eye-movements during reading for the detection of mild cognitive impairment

KC Fraser, KL Fors, D Kokkinakis… - Proceedings of the 2017 …, 2017 - aclanthology.org
We present a machine learning analysis of eye-tracking data for the detection of mild
cognitive impairment, a decline in cognitive abilities that is associated with an increased risk …

Linking frailty instruments to the international classification of functioning, disability, and health: a systematic review

RV Azzopardi, S Vermeiren, E Gorus, AK Habbig… - Journal of the American …, 2016 - Elsevier
To date, the major dilemma concerning frailty is the lack of a standardized language
regarding its operationalization. Considering the demographic challenge that the world is …

Predicting frailty condition in elderly using multidimensional socioclinical databases

F Bertini, G Bergami, D Montesi… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart cities face the challenge of combining sustainable national welfare with high living
standards. In the last decades, life expectancy increased globally, leading to various age …