Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Lebanon; Memory Clinic, Division of Neurology, Saint Charles Hospital, Lebanon; Faculty of Medicine, St Joseph University (USJ), Lebanon; Lebanon Memory Group for Clinical Research (GMRC-Liban), Lebanon.
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Lebanon; Memory Clinic, Division of Neurology, Saint Charles Hospital, Lebanon; Lebanon Memory Group for Clinical Research (GMRC-Liban), Lebanon.
J Clin Neurosci. 2020 Apr;74:81-86. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2020.01.050. Epub 2020 Jan 30.
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), a neuropsychological tool for cognitive decline screening is widely used. In the absence of normative data in Lebanon, this study offers normative data for the MoCA in Lebanese community-dwelling older people and compare scores to those of other countries.
164 literate subjects aged 60 and above were recruited to complete the MoCA.
The mean MoCA score observed (24.20 points) was lower than that for normal controls (27.4 points) in the original validation study of the MoCA. Regression analysis showed that fewer years of education were associated with lower MoCA scores (p < .000).
This study presents normative data and the findings suggest that cultural differences are evident in cognitive testing.
蒙特利尔认知评估(MoCA)是一种用于认知能力下降筛查的神经心理学工具,应用广泛。由于在黎巴嫩缺乏其正常参考值数据,本研究旨在为居住在黎巴嫩社区的老年人提供 MoCA 的正常参考值,并与其他国家的评分进行比较。
本研究共纳入 164 名文化程度较高、年龄在 60 岁及以上的老年人,让他们完成 MoCA 测试。
本研究观察到的 MoCA 平均评分(24.20 分)低于 MoCA 原始验证研究中正常对照组的评分(27.4 分)。回归分析显示,受教育年限较少与 MoCA 评分较低有关(p<.000)。
本研究提供了正常参考值数据,结果表明认知测试中存在文化差异。