Equating Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores: conversion norms from a healthy Italian population sample

Background This study aimed to provide equating norms for the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) from a sample of healthy Italian adults. Methods Four-hundred and seven Italian healthy adults (165 males, 242 females; mean age = 60.61 ± 13.74 years, range= 20–93; mean education = 12.2 ± 4.42 years, range= 4–25) were administered the MMSE and the MoCA. ‘MMSE-to-MoCA’ and ‘MoCA-to-MMSE’ conversion tables were derived via log-linear smoothing equi-percentile equating (LSEE). Equivalence between empirical and conversion-derived scores was determined with a two one-sided test (TOST) procedure. Results Conversion-derived scores were statistically equivalent to empirical ones for both the MMSE (p = 0.948) and the MoCA (p = 0.437). The LSEE yielded impossible/unreliable conversion estimates for floor scores on both tests, whereas conversions for uppermost scores were highly consistent. Discussion The present data will help avoid inter-rater heterogeneity in cross-sectionally and longitudinally adopting either one of the two cognitive screening tests, and to retrospective analyze data collected via either one test or the other..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

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2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

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Aging clinical and experimental research - 34(2022), 7 vom: 19. Feb., Seite 1721-1724

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Aiello, Edoardo Nicolò [VerfasserIn]
Pasotti, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Appollonio, Ildebrando [VerfasserIn]
Bolognini, Nadia [VerfasserIn]

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Cognitive screening
Conversion table
Mini-Mental State Examination
Montreal Cognitive Assessment
Psychometrics
Score equating

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© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022

doi:

10.1007/s40520-022-02089-w

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OLC2131146884