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Population‐Based Norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Arab Adults
Iman Amro, Aisha M. Al Hamadi, Alaa A. El Salem, Tawanda Chivese, Stacy Schantz Wilkins, Salma Mawfek Khaled. Brain and Behavior, 2025-02-01
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Female gender, older age, and lower levels of education were associated with poorer overall test scores. The following MoCA overall test and domains cut-off scores (rounded to the nearest integer) were identified: MoCA (22), visuospatial (2), executive (2.5), attention (4), language (4), and delayed memory (3). On the basis of our population-based data, scores below these 5th percentile cut-offs may warrant further testing and clinical follow-up for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in otherwise healthy Arab adults.
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Amro, I., Hamadi, A. M. A., El Salem, A. A., Chivese, T., Wilkins, S. S., & Khaled, S. M. (2025). Population‐Based Norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Arab Adults. Brain and Behavior. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70287
Vancouver
Amro I, Hamadi AMA, El Salem AA, Chivese T, Wilkins SS, Khaled SM. Population‐Based Norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Arab Adults. Brain and Behavior. 2025. doi:10.1002/brb3.70287. PMID: 39924707.
BibTeX
@article{amro2025-39924707,
author = {Amro, Iman and Hamadi, Aisha M. Al and El Salem, Alaa A. and Chivese, Tawanda and Wilkins, Stacy Schantz and Khaled, Salma Mawfek},
title = {{Population‐Based Norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Arab Adults}},
journal = {Brain and Behavior},
year = {2025},
doi = {10.1002/brb3.70287},
pmid = {39924707},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.70287}
}
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Key findings
- Female gender, older age, and lower levels of education were associated with poorer overall test scores.
- The following MoCA overall test and domains cut-off scores (rounded to the nearest integer) were identified: MoCA (22), visuospatial (2), executive (2.5), attention (4), language (4), and delayed memory (3).
- On the basis of our population-based data, scores below these 5th percentile cut-offs may warrant further testing and clinical follow-up for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in otherwise healthy Arab adults.
Why it matters
This study provides population-based MoCA cut-off scores for Arab adults, below which further testing and clinical follow-up for mild cognitive impairment may be warranted. It concerns cognitive screening and does not test any treatment, cure or prevention.
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Study details
- Study designcross-sectional
- Participants395
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 48/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for effect reported and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Brain and Behavior) |
| Journal's citation record | 1 / 4 | Brain and Behavior: journal h-index 92 (OpenAlex, 2026-10-29) |
| Study design | 4 / 12 | A snapshot of people at one point in time |
| 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 | 4 / 5 | 2025 — within 3 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 395 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | 2 / 7 | Cited 9 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10) |
| Citations per year | 2 / 5 | 3.0 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025 |
| Impact for its field and year | 3 / 6 | Cited 5.7× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI) |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | 1 / 4 | Cited 9 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex) |
| Senior author's track record | 1 / 4 | Last-listed author Salma Mawfek Khaled: h-index 19 (OpenAlex, whole career) |
| Institution's track record | 2 / 3 | University of California, Los Angeles: institution h-index 1,923 (OpenAlex) |
| Multi-centre collaboration | 1 / 3 | OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 2 countries |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 39924707) |
| Free to read | 2 / 2 | Free to read |
| Total | 48 / 100 | — |
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