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✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Cognitive tests and assessment

Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

Background and purpose The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Canadian Stroke Network Vascular Cognitive Impairment Harmonization working group proposed a brief cognitive protocol for screening of vascular cognitive impairment. We investigated the validity, reliability, and feasibility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol (MoCA 5-minute protocol) administered over the telephone. Methods Four items examining attention, verbal learning and memory, executive functions/language, and orientation were extracted from the MoCA to form the MoCA 5-minute protocol.

Key findings

We investigated the validity, reliability, and feasibility of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol (MoCA 5-minute protocol) administered over the telephone.
Methods Four items examining attention, verbal learning and memory, executive functions/language, and orientation were extracted from the MoCA to form the MoCA 5-minute protocol.
One hundred four patients with stroke or transient ischemic attack, including 53 with normal cognition (Clinical Dementia Rating, 0) and 51 with cognitive impairment (Clinical Dementia Rating, 0.5 or 1), were administered the MoCA in clinic and a month later, the MoCA 5-minute protocol over the telephone.
Results Administration of the MoCA 5-minute protocol took 5 minutes over the telephone.

Why it matters

This study tested a brief telephone-administered cognitive screen for vascular cognitive impairment. It is a screening tool study and provides no information on treating, curing or preventing Alzheimer's disease.

Study details

Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 48/100

Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.

Component	Points	Why
Journal tier	7 / 10	Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Stroke)
Journal's citation record	3 / 4	Stroke: journal h-index 455 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29)
Study design	0 / 12	No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Strength of evidence	1 / 5	Rated “low” in our summary
Peer-review validation	10 / 10	Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal.
How recent	1 / 5	2015 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here
Sample size	0 / 4	Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Effect reported	0 / 3	No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Studied in people	0 / 3	Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Randomised / blinded	0 / 2	No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0)
Times cited	5 / 7	Cited 263 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	4 / 5	20.2 citations a year over 13 year(s) since 2015
Impact for its field and year	3 / 6	Cited 7.5× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	2 / 6	Cited by 4 other studies in this library
Still being cited	3 / 4	Cited 99 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	3 / 4	Last-listed author Vincent Mok: h-index 84 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	2 / 3	University of Toronto: institution h-index 1,923 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	2 / 3	OpenAlex lists 4 institution(s) in 2 countries
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 25700290)
Free to read	0 / 2	Behind a paywall — scores zero
Total	48 / 100	—

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APA 7th

Wong, A., Nyenhuis, D., Black, S. E., Law, L. S., Lo, E. S., Kwan, P. W., et al. (2015). Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol is a brief, valid, reliable, and feasible cognitive screen for telephone administration. Stroke. https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.114.007253

Vancouver

Wong A, Nyenhuis D, Black SE, Law LS, Lo ES, Kwan PW, et al. Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol is a brief, valid, reliable, and feasible cognitive screen for telephone administration. Stroke. 2015. doi:10.1161/strokeaha.114.007253. PMID: 25700290.

BibTeX

@article{wong2015-25700290,
  author  = {Wong, A. and Nyenhuis, D. and Black, S. E. and Law, L. S. and Lo, E. S. and Kwan, P. W. and Au, L. and Chan, A. Y. and others},
  title   = {{Montreal Cognitive Assessment 5-minute protocol is a brief, valid, reliable, and feasible cognitive screen for telephone administration}},
  journal = {Stroke},
  year    = {2015},
  doi     = {10.1161/strokeaha.114.007253},
  pmid    = {25700290},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1161/strokeaha.114.007253}
}

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