Converting from the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to the Mini-Mental State Examination-2.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini-Mental State Examination-2 (MMSE-2) are useful psychometric tests for cognitive screening. Many clinicians want to predict the MMSE-2 score based on the MoCA score. To facilitate the transition from the MoCA to the MMSE-2, this study developed a conversion method.

Methods

This study retrospectively examined the relationship between the MoCA and MMSE-2. Overall, 303 participants were evaluated. We produced a conversion table using the equipercentile equating method with log-linear smoothing. Then, we evaluated the reliability and accuracy of this algorithm to convert the MoCA to the MMSE-2.

Results

MoCA scores were converted to MMSE-2 scores according to a conversion table that achieved a reliability of 0.961

SUBMITTER: Yang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8266092 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature