DEMENTIA-MOCA COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT

SUMMARY

1. Screening tool to detect mild cognitive impairment.

2. Less than 26/30 indicates cognitive impairment.

3. It can detect mild forms of impairment when MMSE is normal.

4. MoCA is more sensitive than MMSE and is a better screening tool (Pendlebury et al. 2010; Popovic et al. 2007).

5. Alternate MoCA is available to reduce learning bias, and MoCA version for visually impaired individuals, who omit trail task, cube copying, clock drawing and picture naming.

6. Domains assessed: visnospatial/executive, naming, memory, attention, language, abstraction, delayed recall, orientation.

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