The Japan Society of Geriatric Psychiatry has newly developed a rating scale called "J-MCI" to determine the risk of dementia. The new rating scale extracts the important characteristics of dementia symptoms as 13 questions and answers "yes" or "no" to the person and their families.
Since there is a tendency for the person to lightly evaluate his or her symptoms when answering, it is adjusted so that an accurate judgment can be made. The society hopes that it will be useful for screening to find at-risk people and encourage them to see a doctor at an early stage.