Psychometric properties of the montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA): An analysis using the Rasch Model

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-83

  Freitas, Sandra ^a,b   Prieto, Gerardo ^c   Simões, Mário R ^b,d   Santana, Isabel ^a,e,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^e CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment; Cognitive impairment; MoCA; Rasch model

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 84893919349     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2013.870231     Document Type: Article

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