Mental status and dementia tests cognitive dysfunction Alzheimer’s disease dementia The MoCA-A is an accurate reliable screening test for MCI and MD in Argentina. When adding a single point to the score in patients with ≤12 years of education, the specificity of the test reached 81%. Adopting a cut-off score ≥25 (YI=0.55), the sensitivity for MCI was 84.8% and for MD 100%, with specificity of 69.7%.
MoCA-A performance correlated with educational level (r: 0.406 p<0.00001). MoCA-A score differed significantly among groups (p<0.0001). Mean educational level was 10.34 years (SD 3.5 years). A locally adapted MoCA (MOCA-A) was administered to the patients and controls. Participants were classified according to neuropsychological assessment and clinical standard criteria into Control, MCI or MD groups. The control group comprised cognitively normal subjects.
Patients with<3 years of education, sensory disturbances, psychiatric disorders, or moderate-severe dementia were excluded. This study included 399 individuals over 60 years old evaluated in the Cognitive-Behavioral Department (2017-2018). To validate the MoCA in the elderly and study its usefulness in MCI and MD. To date, no Argentine cross-cultural adapted validations of the Spanish version have been reported. The MoCA is a brief useful test to diagnose mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and mild dementia (MD). Adelaida Susana RuizĬarrera Interdisciplinaria de Especialización en Neuropsicología Clínica, Facultad de Psicologia, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cesar Milstein, Buenos Aires, Argentina.Laboratorio de Memoria y Equilibrio, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Monica IturryĬarrera de Investigador Clínico del Gobierno de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Finlayĭuke University School of Medicine, North Carolina, USA. Alexander MinondĬarrera Interdisciplinaria de Especialización en Neuropsicología Clínica, Facultad de Psicologia, UBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Cesar Milstein - La Rioja 951, C1228 - Buenos Aires - Argentina.
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