Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly
MoCA
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Purpose : Rapid screening instrument for mild cognitive dysfunction.
Admin time : 10 min.
User Friendly : High
Administered by: Health professional
Content : One-page 30-point test. Translated to 36 languages and dialects
Author : Dr. Ziad Nasreddine in Montreal, Canada, 1996
Copyright : Ziad Nasreddine MD, FRCP(C) Neurologist, MoCA Copyright Owner
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Web Use
The MoCA test and instructions are only to be accessed through the MoCA website (www.mocatest.org). It is therefore prohibited to post the MoCA test and/or instructions on a website.
access on MoCA website : https://www.mocatest.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/MoCA-New-Test-8.1-2017-04.pdf
MoCA
MoCA
Advantages:
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Highly accurate. Studies have shown MoCA correctly identifies dementia about 94 percent of the time.
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Better for early stages. People who are in the early or mild stages of dementia might be able to score high enough on other tests (including the Mini-Mental State Exam) that the score would indicate no dementia is present. MoCA has been proven effective for showing early-stage dementia, or mild cognitive impairment (MCI).
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Better for Parkinson’s dementia. The MoCA is also better than the MMSE at indicating if people with Parkinson’s disease are showing signs of Parkinson’s disease dementia.
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Is relatively quick, taking between 10 and 15 minutes to complete.
Disadvantages :
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Must be administered and graded by a healthcare professional, so an appointment with a nurse, doctor, or therapist is required—as opposed to the SAGE and other tests that can be taken at home.
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Does not provide a diagnosis, so it must be paired with other tests including brain scans and a neurological testing before a diagnosis can be made.
Accuracy :
sensitivity 100% and specificity between 87% and 100% (Nasreddine ZS, 2005)
This Tool is used in Cognitive Decline
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Cognitive Decline is one of 4 sub-domains of the
Psychological Assessment
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The PsychologicalAssessment is one of 8 domains of the
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
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