Applicability of the MoCA-S test in populations with little education in Colombia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 813-820

  Gomez F ^a   Zunzunegui, M V ^b   Lord, C ^c   Alvarado, B ^d   Garcia A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CALDAS   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bias; cognitive assessment; education; MoCA S; reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LEGANES COGNITIVE TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; RECALL; SCREENING TEST; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

BIAS; COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT; EDUCATION; MOCA-S; RELIABILITY;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; COLOMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84879971301     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3885     Document Type: Article

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