Trajectories of MMSE and MoCA scores across the healthy adult lifespan in the Italian population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study compares the performance at the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) across the healthy adult lifespan in an Italian population sample.

Methods

The MMSE and MoCA were administered to 407 Italian healthy native-speakers (165 males; age range 20-93 years; education range 4-25 years). A generalized Negative Binomial mixed model was run to profile MMSE and MoCA scores across 8 different age classes (≤ 30; 31-40; 41-50; 51-60; 61-70; 71-80; 81-85; ≥ 86) net of education and sex.

Results

MMSE and MoCA total scores declined with age (p < 0.001), with the MoCA proving to be "more difficult" than the MMSE (p < 0.001). The Age*Test interaction (p < 0.001) indicates that the MoCA proved to profile a sufficiently line

SUBMITTER: Aiello EN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9637628 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature