Abstract
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a widely used screening test for evaluation of mild cognitive impairment (MCI), with a single cutoff for all ages. We examined whether it is associated with age in a sample of cognitively-intact elderly (CIE). The average MoCA score was negatively correlated with age and was significantly higher for younger than older CIE. Additionally, 42% of the older elderly fell below the proposed MCI cutoff score, although all subjects were CIE. Thus, cognitive abilities captured by the MoCA test decrease with age, even in CIE. Therefore, cutoff scores by age for the MoCA are needed.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 19-22 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Journal of Alzheimer's Disease |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2014 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Aging
- MCI
- MOCA
- cognition
- screening
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Neuroscience
- Clinical Psychology
- Geriatrics and Gerontology
- Psychiatry and Mental health