Validation studies of the Portuguese experimental version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): confirmatory factor analysis

• Published in: Journal of neurology Vol. 257; no. 5; pp. 728 - 734
• Main Authors: Duro, Diana, Simões, Mário R., Ponciano, Emanuel, Santana, Isabel
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.05.2010; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Age Factors; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Alzheimer's disease; Biological and medical sciences; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognitive ability; Dementia; Dementia - diagnosis; Educational Status; Executive function; Factor Analysis, Statistical; Female; Humans; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Language; Male; Medical sciences; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Memory; Middle Aged; Nervous system; Neurology; Neuropsychological Tests; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Original Communication; Psychometrics; Quantitative psychology; Radionuclide investigations; Sensitivity and Specificity; Sex Factors; Validation studies; Canada; Montreal Quebec Canada; Confirmatory factor analysis; Montreal Cognitive Assessment; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Dementia; Validation; Nervous system diseases; Cognitive disorder; Portuguese; Degenerative disease; mild cognitive impairment; Experimental study

The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a cognitive screening instrument created with the purpose of overcoming some of the insufficiencies of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE). The MoCA evaluates more cognitive areas and is comprised of more complex tasks as compared with the MMSE, which...