Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)-Italian version: regression based norms and equivalent scores

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 209-214

  Conti, Silvia ^a   Bonazzi, Stefano ^b   Laiacona, Marcella ^c   Masina, Marco ^d   Coralli, Mirco Vanelli ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Azienda USL di Bologna   (Italy)

^c IRCCS   (Italy)

^d Ospedale di Bentivoglio   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mild cognitive impairment (MCI); Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); Normative data; Screening test

Indexed keywords

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LANGUAGE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 84939886644     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1921-3     Document Type: Article

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