Validation in French of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-Minute, a brief cognitive screening test for phone administration

Objective: Compare a telephone version and full version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Methods: Cross-sectional analysis of a prospective study. A 20-point telephone version of MoCA (Tele-MoCA) was compared to the Full-MoCA and Mini Mental State Examination. Results: Total of 140 participants enrolled. Mean scores for language were significantly lower with Tele-MoCA than with Full-MoCA (P = .003). Mean Tele-MoCA scores were significantly higher for participants with over 12 years of education (P < .001). Cutoff score of 17 for the Tele-MoCA yielded good specificity (82.2%) and negative predictive value (84.4%), while sensitivity was low (18.2%). Conclusions: Remote screening of cognition with a 20-point Tele-MoCA is as specific for defining normal cognition as the Full-MoCA. This study shows that telephone evaluation is adequate for virtual cognitive screening. Our sample did not allow accurate assessment of sensitivity for Tele-MoCA in detecting MCI or dementia. Further studies with representative populations are needed to establish sensitivity.

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Psychometric Properties of the Persian Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra ◽

10.1159/000514673 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 51-57

Author(s):

Vahid Rashedi ◽

Mahshid Foroughan ◽

Negin Chehrehnegar

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Impairment ◽

Mild Cognitive Impairment ◽

Alzheimer Disease ◽

Psychometric Properties ◽

Cognitive Assessment ◽

Screening Test ◽

Cognitive Status ◽

Montreal Cognitive Assessment ◽

Cutoff Score ◽

Persian Version

Introduction: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a cognitive screening test widely used in clinical practice and suited for the detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). The aims were to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Persian MoCA as a screening test for mild cognitive dysfunction in Iranian older adults and to assess its accuracy as a screening test for MCI and mild Alzheimer disease (AD). Method: One hundred twenty elderly with a mean age of 73.52 ± 7.46 years participated in this study. Twenty-one subjects had mild AD (MMSE score ≤21), 40 had MCI, and 59 were cognitively healthy controls. All the participants were administered the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) to evaluate their general cognitive status. Also, a battery of comprehensive neuropsychological assessments was administered. Results: The mean score on the Persian version of the MoCA and the MMSE were 19.32 and 25.62 for MCI and 13.71 and 22.14 for AD patients, respectively. Using an optimal cutoff score of 22 the MoCA test detected 86% of MCI subjects, whereas the MMSE with a cutoff score of 26 detected 72% of MCI subjects. In AD patients with a cutoff score of 20, the MoCA had a sensitivity of 94% whereas the MMSE detected 61%. The specificity of the MoCA was 70% and 90% for MCI and AD, respectively. Discussion: The results of this study show that the Persian version of the MoCA is a reliable screening tool for detection of MCI and early stage AD. The MoCA is more sensitive than the MMSE in screening for cognitive impairment, proving it to be superior to MMSE in detecting MCI and mild AD.

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Validating a Pragmatic Approach to Cognitive Screening in Stroke Prevention Clinics Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Stroke ◽

10.1161/strokeaha.115.011036 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 47 (3) ◽

pp. 807-813 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Richard H. Swartz ◽

Megan L. Cayley ◽

Krista L. Lanctôt ◽

Brian J. Murray ◽

Eric E. Smith ◽

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Keyword(s):

Cognitive Assessment ◽

Stroke Prevention ◽

Montreal Cognitive Assessment ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

Pragmatic Approach

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Evaluating Potential Test Components for a New Cognitive Screening Test: a Preliminary Study

Diagnostique ◽

10.1177/073724779602200102 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 21-38 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Marcia S. Scott ◽

Lois-Lynn S. Deuel ◽

Richard C. Urbano ◽

Ruth Perou ◽

Angelika H. Claussen ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Screening Test ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

Preliminary Study ◽

Cognitive Screening Test ◽

Potential Test

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British Sign Language Cognitive Screening Test

PsycTESTS Dataset ◽

10.1037/t51942-000 ◽

2015 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Joanna Atkinson ◽

Tanya Denmark ◽

Jane Marshall ◽

Cath Mummery ◽

Bencie Woll

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Screening Test ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

British Sign Language ◽

Cognitive Screening Test ◽

British Sign

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ADAPTATION OF THE BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE COGNITIVE SCREENING TEST IN QUéBEC SIGN LANGUAGE

Innovation in Aging ◽

10.1093/geroni/igx004.2810 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 1 (suppl_1) ◽

pp. 775-775

Author(s):

S. Luna ◽

S. Joubert ◽

J. Gagné

Keyword(s):

Sign Language ◽

Screening Test ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

British Sign Language ◽

Cognitive Screening Test ◽

British Sign

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Validation of the Sinhala Version of the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised for the Detection of Dementia in Sri Lanka: Comparison with the Mini-Mental Status Examination and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders ◽

10.1159/000497743 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 47 (4-6) ◽

pp. 198-208 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Vindika Suriyakumara ◽

Srinivasan Srikanth ◽

Ruwani Wijeyekoon ◽

Harsha Gunasekara ◽

Chanaka Muthukuda ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sri Lanka ◽

Diagnostic Accuracy ◽

Cognitive Assessment ◽

Intraclass Correlation ◽

Screening Tools ◽

Montreal Cognitive Assessment ◽

Cutoff Score ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

Dementia Prevalence ◽

Addenbrooke’S Cognitive Examination

Background: Sri Lanka is a rapidly aging country, where dementia prevalence will increase significantly in the future. Thus, inexpensive and sensitive cognitive screening tools are crucial. Objectives: To assess the reliability, validity, and diagnostic accuracy of the Sinhalese version of the Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R s). Method: The ACE-R was translated into Sinhala with cultural and linguistic adaptations and administered, together with the Sinhala version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), to 99 patients with dementia and 93 gender-matched controls. Results: The ACE-R s cutoff score for dementia was 80 (sensitivity 91.9%, specificity 76.3%). The areas under the curve for the ACE-R s, Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and MoCA were 0.90, 0.86, and 0.86, respectively. The ACE-R s had good interrater reliability (intraclass correlation = 0.94), test-retest reliability (intraclass correlation = 0.99), and internal consistency (Cronbach’s α = 0.8442). Conclusions: The ACE-R s is sensitive, specific and reliable to detect dementia in persons aged ≥50 years in a Sinhala-speaking population and its diagnostic accuracy is superior to previously validated tools (MMSE and MoCA).

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P2-276: Test Your Memory Spanish version (TYM-S): Validation of a self-administered cognitive screening test

Alzheimer s & Dementia ◽

10.1016/j.jalz.2013.05.923 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. P458-P459

Author(s):

Andrea Slachevsky ◽

Carlos Muñoz ◽

Fernando Henríquez ◽

Carolina Delgado

Keyword(s):

Screening Test ◽

Spanish Version ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

Cognitive Screening Test

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The influence of schooling on cognitive screening test in the elderly

Dementia & Neuropsychologia ◽

10.1590/s1980-57642008dn10100008 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

pp. 46-51 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

Gustavo Christofoletti ◽

Merlyn Mércia Oliani ◽

Florindo Stella ◽

Sebastião Gobbi ◽

Lílian Teresa Bucken Gobbi

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Decline ◽

Educational Level ◽

Screening Test ◽

Neuropsychological Tests ◽

Formal Education ◽

The Elderly ◽

Cognitive Status ◽

Cognitive Screening ◽

Screening Battery ◽

Cognitive Screening Test

Abstract Introduction: Tests for screening cognitive functions are gaining importance with the increasing incidence and prevalence of demential syndromes. For our elderly population, the challenge is to develop neuropsychological tests independent from the influence of educational level. Objective: To compare the influence of education on the elderly with or without cognitive decline, on the Brief Cognitive Screening Battery (BCSB). Methods: We studied 176 elderly people: 60 with cognitive decline (aged 73.6±9.3 years and with 5.7±0.7 years of education) and 116 without cognitive impairments (aged 73.4±0.6 years and with 5.6±0.5 years of education). The BCSB was applied in all subjects. The data were submitted to descriptive statistics and analyzed by Independent Student test with 95% confidence intervals. Results: The data showed that the BCSB is an appropriate battery for identifying cognitive status in normal elderly individuals, as well as cognitive decline in our elderly sample. The BCSB items were not significantly influenced by schooling years, making this test favorable for different groups characterized by illiterate individuals, as well as by those with low or high levels of formal education. Conclusion: The BCSB proved to be a useful cognitive screening test for old people with or without cognitive decline independent of their educational level.

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