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Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies

The results showed that Age, Education, and, occasionally, Biological sex were significant predictors. In contrast, the contribution of Cognitive reserve did not show a systematic pattern. We provided a spreadsheet to precisely transform Raw scores into Adjusted scores for Age, Education, and Biological sex. Finally, Adjusted scores can be classified into Equivalent scores. We conclude that the present standardization of the MoCA (8.1), including the MoCA-MIS, is a useful contribution for the neuropsychological screening of Italian-speaking persons.

Key findings

The results showed that Age, Education, and, occasionally, Biological sex were significant predictors.
In contrast, the contribution of Cognitive reserve did not show a systematic pattern.
We provided a spreadsheet to precisely transform Raw scores into Adjusted scores for Age, Education, and Biological sex.
Finally, Adjusted scores can be classified into Equivalent scores.
We conclude that the present standardization of the MoCA (8.1), including the MoCA-MIS, is a useful contribution for the neuropsychological screening of Italian-speaking persons.

Why it matters

This study provides Italian norms for the MoCA 8.1, including the memory index score, with adjustments for age, education and sometimes biological sex. It is a standardisation for neuropsychological screening and does not test any treatment, cure or prevention.

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Study details

Evidence strengthLow

How this study scored 41/100

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 (Neurological Sciences)
Journal's citation record	1 / 4	Neurological Sciences: journal h-index 113 (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	4 / 5	2025 — within 3 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	2 / 7	Cited 14 times (OpenAlex, 2026-10-10)
Citations per year	2 / 5	4.7 citations a year over 3 year(s) since 2025
Impact for its field and year	4 / 6	Cited 8.9× the average for papers of its field and year (OpenAlex FWCI)
Cited by studies here	1 / 6	Cited by 1 other studies in this library
Still being cited	1 / 4	Cited 14 times in 2024–2026 (2026 still in progress; OpenAlex)
Senior author's track record	2 / 4	Last-listed author Konstantinos Priftis: h-index 30 (OpenAlex, whole career)
Institution's track record	1 / 3	University of Padua: institution h-index 1,158 (OpenAlex)
Multi-centre collaboration	1 / 3	OpenAlex lists 2 institution(s) in 1 country
Indexed in PubMed	2 / 2	Indexed in PubMed (PMID 40095163)
Free to read	2 / 2	Free to read
Total	41 / 100	—

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APA 7th

Dapor, C., Devita, M., Iannizzi, P., Arbia, E., Bruzzano, A., Dessì, M., et al. (2025). The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) 8.1 version, including the memory index score (MoCA-MIS): Italian norms. Neurological Sciences. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08066-1

Vancouver

Dapor C, Devita M, Iannizzi P, Arbia E, Bruzzano A, Dessì M, et al. The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) 8.1 version, including the memory index score (MoCA-MIS): Italian norms. Neurological Sciences. 2025. doi:10.1007/s10072-025-08066-1. PMID: 40095163.

BibTeX

@article{dapor2025-40095163,
  author  = {Dapor, Caterina and Devita, Maria and Iannizzi, Pamela and Arbia, Elisa and Bruzzano, Angela and Dessì, Martina and Lupi, Domiziana and Rolandino, Giulia Massa and others},
  title   = {{The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) 8.1 version, including the memory index score (MoCA-MIS): Italian norms}},
  journal = {Neurological Sciences},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.1007/s10072-025-08066-1},
  pmid    = {40095163},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-025-08066-1}
}

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