Normative data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in an Italian population sample

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 585-591

  Santangelo, Gabriella ^a,b   Siciliano, Mattia ^a   Pedone, Roberto ^a   Vitale, Carmine ^b,c   Falco, Fabrizia ^a,d   Bisogno, Rossella ^a   Siano, Pietro ^e   Barone, Paolo ^f   Grossi, Dario ^a   Santangelo, Franco ^d   Trojano, Luigi ^a,g  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b IDC Hermitage Capodimonte   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO E RUGGI D ARAGONA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

^g IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive assessment; Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); Normative data; Normative values

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REFERENCE VALUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84940004914     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: 15903478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-014-1995-y     Document Type: Article

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