Optimal cutoff scores of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to detect mild cognitive impairment and dementia in Costa Rican older adults
A MoCA cutoff score of ≥ 23 in the Costa Rican population showed better diagnostic accuracy for detecting MCI and may reduce the false positive rate. Our findings may be helpful for primary care clinical settings and further referral criteria.
Authors
- Arjun V. Masurkar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2498-2059)
- Carolina Boza-Calvo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2048-0668)
- Norbel Román-Garita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2312-0673)
- Jose Pablo Ulate‐Aguilar
- Shirley Rojas‐Salazar
Institutions
- Costa Rican Department of Social Security (CR)
- Universidad de Costa Rica (CR)
- Center for Neuro-Oncology (US)
- Neuroscience Institute (IT)
- New York University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
- Published
- 2024-09-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/13803395.2024.2411355
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00