Population
897 participants including 650 cognitively healthy community dwellers and a clinical group of 247 patients
Design
Other
Key result
The Portuguese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) demonstrated overall good psychometric adequacy, adequate discriminant validity, and high diagnostic value.
Authors
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May support Portuguese MoCA for cognitive screening; leaves open need for larger prospective validation before routine adoption.
Cross-Sectional (n=897)
The Portuguese version of the MoCA demonstrates overall psychometric adequacy, discriminant validity, and generalized validity for assessing cognitive impairment.
Freitas et al. (2014) conducted a cross-sectional in Cognitive impairment and dementia (n=897). Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) was evaluated on Psychometric characteristics, Rasch model fit, and discriminant validity. The Portuguese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) demonstrated overall good psychometric adequacy, adequate discriminant validity, and high diagnostic value.