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Montreal Cognitive Assessment: influence of sociodemographic and health variables.
- Source :
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Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists [Arch Clin Neuropsychol] 2012 Mar; Vol. 27 (2), pp. 165-75. Date of Electronic Publication: 2012 Jan 24. - Publication Year :
- 2012
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Abstract
- The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief cognitive instrument for screening milder forms of cognitive impairment. The present study aimed to analyze the influence of sociodemographic (age, gender, educational level, marital and employment status, geographic region, geographic localization, and residence area) and health variables (subjective memory complaints of the participant and evaluated by the informant, depressive symptoms, and family history of dementia) on the participants' performance on the MoCA. The investigation was carried out in a Portuguese community-based sample of 650 cognitively healthy adults, who were representative of the distribution observed in the Portuguese population. Educational level and age significantly contributed to the prediction of the MoCA scores, explaining 49% of the variance. Regarding health variables, only the subjective memory complaints of the participant showed a small contribution (9%) to the variance on the MoCA scores. This study contributes a useful approach to understanding MoCA performance, stressing the great impact of education and age on scores.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Age Factors
Aged
Depression complications
Depression psychology
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Male
Memory Disorders diagnosis
Memory Disorders psychology
Middle Aged
Portugal
Reference Values
Sex Factors
Statistics as Topic
Cognition physiology
Health Status
Neuropsychological Tests standards
Socioeconomic Factors
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1873-5843
- Volume :
- 27
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 22277128
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/arclin/acr116