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

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 257, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 728-734

  Duro, Diana ^a   Simões, Mário R ^c   Ponciano, Emanuel ^b   Santana, Isabel ^a  

^a CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Confirmatory factor analysis; Dementia; Mild Cognitive Impairment; Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; ORIENTATION; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77954457477     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-009-5399-5     Document Type: Article

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