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Validation of the Spanish-language version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test in adults older than 60 years
Delgado C, Araneda A, Behrens MI.. Neurologia, 2017-03-30
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Introduction Few studies have validated the Spanish-language version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-S) test in Latin American populations. Objetive To evaluate the psychometric properties and discriminant validity of the MoCA-S in elderly patients in Santiago de Chile. Methods 172 individuals were grouped according to their clinical diagnosis based on the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale as follows: amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI; n±24), non-amnestic MCI (naMCI; n±24), mild dementia (n±20), and cognitively normal (n±104).
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Delgado, C., Araneda, A., & Behrens, M. I. (2019). Validation of the Spanish-language version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test in adults older than 60 years. Neurologia. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nrl.2017.01.013
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Delgado C, Araneda A, Behrens MI. Validation of the Spanish-language version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test in adults older than 60 years. Neurologia. 2019. doi:10.1016/j.nrl.2017.01.013. PMID: 28364958.
BibTeX
@article{delgado2019-28364958,
author = {Delgado, C. and Araneda, A. and Behrens, M. I.},
title = {{Validation of the Spanish-language version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment test in adults older than 60 years}},
journal = {Neurologia},
year = {2019},
doi = {10.1016/j.nrl.2017.01.013},
pmid = {28364958},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nrl.2017.01.013}
}
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Key findings
- Objetive To evaluate the psychometric properties and discriminant validity of the MoCA-S in elderly patients in Santiago de Chile.
- Methods 172 individuals were grouped according to their clinical diagnosis based on the Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) scale as follows: amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI; n±24), non-amnestic MCI (naMCI; n±24), mild dementia (n±20), and cognitively normal (n±104).
- Participants were evaluated with both the MoCA-S and the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) to determine the discriminant validity of the MoCA-S.
- Results Mean age and years of schooling were 73±6 and 11±4 years, respectively, with no significant intergroup differences.
Why it matters
This study evaluated the psychometric properties and discriminant validity of the Spanish-language Montreal Cognitive Assessment in 172 older adults in Santiago de Chile, grouped by clinical diagnosis. The provided text does not report the results, so it is unclear how well this version of the test distinguishes between cognitive states.
Study details
- Participants172
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 42/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, effect reported and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multicenter collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 27 of the 64 points we could judge it on, which is 42 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Neurologia) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| 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 | 2 / 5 | 2019 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 172 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) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (OpenAlex dates this DOI to 2017, the record says 2019; OpenAlex values not used) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | 0 / 6 | No other study in this library cites it |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multicenter collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 28364958) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 27 / 64 | Scored on 12 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 27 of the 64 points we could judge it on is 42 out of 100. |
| Total | 42 / 100 | — |
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