The Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Normative Data from a Large Swedish Population-Based Cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) has a high sensitivity for detecting cognitive dysfunction. Swedish normative data does not exist and international norms are often derived from populations where cognitive impairment has not been screened for and not been thoroughly assessed to exclude subjects with dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

Objective

To establish norms for MoCA and develop a regression-based norm calculator based on a large, well-examined cohort.

Methods

MoCA was administered on 860 randomly selected elderly people from a population-based cohort from the EPIC study. Cognitive dysfunction was screened for and further assessed at a memory clinic. After excluding cognitively impaired participants, normative data was derived from 758 peopl

SUBMITTER: Borland E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5545909 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature