We suggest cutoff scores of ≤25/30 be applied to White persons and ≤22/30 for Black persons. Classification statistics are presented.īlack participants were misclassified at a higher rate than White participants when applying the ≤26/30 cutoff score. Higher age and lower education were associated with lower performance and 46 performed below the original cut-off (< 26/30). MoCA scores were independently influenced by age and education, together explaining 17.2 of the total variance. Although the MoCA was initially developed to screen. They were evenly distributed by gender, on average 85 years old, and with a mean education of 11 years. Our sample was highly educated therefore, we did not observe significant differences in scores when accounting for education across race. The recommended cut-off score for indicating impairment is <26, with a one-point adjustment for level of education (Nasreddine et al., 2005). In contrast, this criterion correctly classified 40.5% of Black cognitively normal participants and 90.8% of Black MCI participants. Italian practitioners should consider an. Sensitivity and specificity analyses revealed that when using the cutoff score of ≤26/30, the MoCA correctly classified 73.2% of White cognitively normal participants and 83.1% of White MCI participants. Background and PurposeThe objective of this study is to examine the discrepancy between single versus age and education corrected cutoff scores in classifying performance on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack. Item-level information herewith provided for the Italian MoCA can help interpret its scores by Italian practitioners. Based on NACC's classification, participants were either cognitively normal ( n = 3,650) or MCI ( n = 1,108). Participants were predominately White (82.8%) and female (61.7%) with a mean age of 69.3 years ( SD = 10.3) and education level of 16.3 years ( SD = 2.6).
The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential influence of race on MoCA classification cutoff score accuracy.ĭata were obtained from the National Alzheimer's Coordinating Center (NACC) Uniform Data Set and yielded 4,758 total participants. Thus, improving interpretation of low test scores can. However, previously suggested cutoff scores of 26/30 and above is often criticized and lacks racial diversity. DEMTect, Memory Alteration Test (MT) and the MoCA (Lonie, Tierney, & Ebmeier, 2009). Total score sum of subtest scores minus (number of trials for acquisition minus 1). The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a common cognitive screener for detecting mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
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