A comparison of the mini mental state exam to the montreal cognitive assessment in identifying cognitive deficits in Parkinson's disease

Dementia is an important and increasingly recognized problem in Parkinson's disease (PD). The mini‐mental state examination (MMSE) often fails to detect early cognitive decline. The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) is a brief tool developed to detect mild cognitive impairment that assesses...

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Published in:Movement disorders Vol. 23; no. 2; pp. 297 - 299
Main Authors: Zadikoff, Cindy, Fox, Susan H., Tang-Wai, David F., Thomsen, Teri, de Bie, Rob M.A., Wadia, Pettarusup, Miyasaki, Janis, Duff-Canning, Sarah, Lang, Anthony E., Marras, Connie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hoboken Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company 30.01.2008
Wiley
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Cognition Disorders - diagnosis
Cognition Disorders - etiology
Degenerative and inherited degenerative diseases of the nervous system. Leukodystrophies. Prion diseases
dementia
Female
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Status Schedule
Middle Aged
mild cognitive impairment
MMSE
MoCA
Neurology
Neuropsychological Tests
Parkinson Disease - complications
Parkinson's disease
Nervous system diseases
Cognitive disorder
Parkinson's disease
MoCA
Parkinson disease
Cerebral disorder
MMSE
Central nervous system disease
Degenerative disease
mild cognitive impairment
Comparative study
Extrapyramidal syndrome
Dementia
ISSN:0885-3185, 1531-8257, 1531-8257
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Summary:Dementia is an important and increasingly recognized problem in Parkinson's disease (PD). The mini‐mental state examination (MMSE) often fails to detect early cognitive decline. The Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) is a brief tool developed to detect mild cognitive impairment that assesses a broader range of domains frequently affected in PD. The scores on the MMSE and the MoCA were compared in 88 patients with PD. A pronounced ceiling effect was observed with the MMSE but not with the MoCA. The range and standard deviation of scores was larger with the MoCA(7–30, 4.26) than with the MMSE(16–30, 2.55). The percentage of subjects scoring below a cutoff of 26/30 (used by others to detect mild cognitive impairment) was higher on the MoCA (32%) than on the MMSE (11%)(P < 0.000002). Compared to the MMSE, the MoCA may be a more sensitive tool to identify early cognitive impairment in PD. © 2007 Movement Disorder Society
Bibliography:University of Toronto Behavioral Neurology section
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ISSN:0885-3185
1531-8257
1531-8257
DOI:10.1002/mds.21837