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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

    Screens for mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.
    When to Use
    Pearls/Pitfalls
    Why Use

    Patients with suspect mild cognitive impairment (MCI). This includes patient and family reported gradual memory loss not otherwise explained by an alternative psychiatric, medical, or neurological cause that has been present for ≥6 months.

    • Patients with <12th grade education receive an extra point, to account for education-related bias.
    • Allows for quantifiable monitoring of cognitive decline.

    • More sensitive for MCI than the Mini Mental Status Exam (MMSE) (90% vs 18%), with many patients who have a normal MMSE demonstrating an abnormal score on the MoCA.

    • Early identification of MCI allows for initiation of testing, treatment, and future planning by the patient and their family. For patients exhibiting symptoms of dementia, MMSE may be more appropriate.

    • Quick and easy tool that can be used in the primary care setting in <10 mins to screen for mild cognitive impairment.

    • Reliability has been validated with a high correlation coefficient for test and retest.

    • Validated to screen for MCI preceding Alzheimer dementia, vascular dementia, behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia, and hypertensive arteriopathy after TIA or minor stroke.

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    Dr. Ziad S. Nasreddine

    About the Creator

    Ziad S. Nasreddine, MD, FRCP(C), is an assistant clinical professor at both McGill University and the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada. He is also director of the MoCA Clinic and Institute in Quebec. Dr. Nasreddine’s research focuses primarily on Alzheimer's and cognitive impairment diseases.

    To view Dr. Ziad S. Nasreddine's publications, visit PubMed

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