Influence of Social and Demographic Factors on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Test in Rural Population of North-Eastern Greece
| Autor: | Aikaterini Terzoudi, Aspasia Serdari, Anna Tsiakiri, Konstantinos Vadikolias, Pinelopi Vlotinou, Ioannis Heliopoulos, Grigorios Tripsianis |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Gerontology
Aging Health (social science) Population neuropsychology Standard score 050105 experimental psychology Article 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine mild cognitive impairment healthy adults medicine Dementia 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences rural population education MoCA education.field_of_study business.industry 05 social sciences RC952-954.6 Neuropsychology Montreal Cognitive Assessment medicine.disease Test (assessment) Geriatrics Geriatrics and Gerontology Rural area business Rural population 030217 neurology & neurosurgery dementia |
| Zdroj: | Geriatrics Volume 6 Issue 2 Geriatrics, Vol 6, Iss 43, p 43 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2308-3417 |
| Popis: | The current study aims to investigate the influence of socio-demographic factors on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test results in a Greek-speaking population consisting of a sample of healthy older adults, individuals with mild cognitive impairment (MCI), and dementia patients in rural areas. In addition, the current research focuses on determining optimal cut-off scores for the clinical diagnoses of MCI and dementia. The data originated from 283 participants in an ongoing registry of the Neurology Department of Alexandroupolis University Hospital, recruited in different rural districts of north-eastern Greece, across a broad range of educational and occupational categories. Total and sub-domain scores for the MoCA varied significantly, according to sex, age, and education, among the three study groups. The optimal cut-off points of 25/26 for the MoCA total score was determined to classify healthy subjects from individuals with MCI, 24 to discriminate healthy participants from demented, and 21/22 to discriminate subjects with MCI from dementia. Overall, the clinical use of the MoCA test can be supported by demographically adjusted standard scores in a Greek-speaking rural population. These findings serve to improve the diagnostic accuracy and utility of the MoCA test. |
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