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Background <p>Cognitive impairment (CI) poses a major global health challenge. In China, neuropsychological scales, regarded as the gold standard for cognitive diagnosis, are largely inaccessible in resource-limited communities. The Mobile Eye-Tracking Application (m-ETA), which captures and quantifies eye movement features, has emerged as a promising tool for CI screening.</p> Methods <p>We developed a tablet-based m-ETA using a two-step approach. First, a logistic regression (LR) model was trained to discriminate dementia based on six oculometric features in a hospital cohort (<i>N</i> = 204), and regression analyses were conducted to validate the biological relevance of these features with Alzheimer’s Disease–related phenotypes in an exploratory dataset (<i>N</i> = 101). Second, the generalizability and accuracy of the LR model were externally validated in a community-based cohort (<i>N</i> = 433) and further evaluated in two real-world community populations (<i>N</i> = 2,685). Model performance was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), and area under the ROC curve (AUC).</p> Results <p>m-ETA achieved high diagnostic accuracy for dementia (AUC = 0.99). Regression analyses confirmed that the m-ETA-derived oculometric features were significantly associated with cognitive performance, brain atrophy, and tau deposition in the exploratory dataset (all <i>P</i> &lt; 0.05). m-ETA accurately detected CI (AUC = 0.80), with excellent negative predictive value for ruling out CI, and identified individuals with lower cognition performance across diverse communities.</p> Conclusions <p>m-ETA offers a low-cost, non-invasive, and efficient tool for large-scale CI screening, particularly suited to underserved and low-literacy communities in China.</p>

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An accessible and efficient mobile eye-tracking application for community-based cognitive impairment screening in China

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    2025年11月17日

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  • Mingxia Wei,
  • Jincheng Li,
  • Tongyao You,
  • Yu Yu,
  • Jiaying Lu,
  • Suzhen Liang,
  • Zishuo Jin,
  • Qi Han,
  • Chuantao Zuo,
  • Jianfeng Ye,
  • Jintai Yu,
  • Xingdong Chen,
  • Qiang Dong,
  • Wenwen Wu,
  • Yingzhe Wang,
  • Yanfeng Jiang,
  • Mei Cui

摘要

Background

Cognitive impairment (CI) poses a major global health challenge. In China, neuropsychological scales, regarded as the gold standard for cognitive diagnosis, are largely inaccessible in resource-limited communities. The Mobile Eye-Tracking Application (m-ETA), which captures and quantifies eye movement features, has emerged as a promising tool for CI screening.

Methods

We developed a tablet-based m-ETA using a two-step approach. First, a logistic regression (LR) model was trained to discriminate dementia based on six oculometric features in a hospital cohort (N = 204), and regression analyses were conducted to validate the biological relevance of these features with Alzheimer’s Disease–related phenotypes in an exploratory dataset (N = 101). Second, the generalizability and accuracy of the LR model were externally validated in a community-based cohort (N = 433) and further evaluated in two real-world community populations (N = 2,685). Model performance was assessed using sensitivity, specificity, negative predictive value (NPV), and area under the ROC curve (AUC).

Results

m-ETA achieved high diagnostic accuracy for dementia (AUC = 0.99). Regression analyses confirmed that the m-ETA-derived oculometric features were significantly associated with cognitive performance, brain atrophy, and tau deposition in the exploratory dataset (all P < 0.05). m-ETA accurately detected CI (AUC = 0.80), with excellent negative predictive value for ruling out CI, and identified individuals with lower cognition performance across diverse communities.

Conclusions

m-ETA offers a low-cost, non-invasive, and efficient tool for large-scale CI screening, particularly suited to underserved and low-literacy communities in China.