Correlation Between Point Book-based Cognitive Tests and General Cognitive Tests of Brain Injury Patients

Objective : This study aimed to analyze the correlation between the cognitive test results using the point book and the general cognitive test results, and to present assistance method for brain injury patients who are difficult to test due to problems such as language. Methods : This study included 30 brain injury patients who were admitted to a medical center. The Korean-Mini Mental State Examination, 2nd Edition (K-MMSE~2) and the Korean version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-K) were used as test tools. In each test, the correlation between the point book results and the general results was analyzed using the Spearman's rank correlation coefficient, and the comparison of the two results was analyzed using the Wilcoxon signed-rank test. Results : As a result of analyzing the correlation between the cognitive test results using the point book and the general cognitive test results, both K-MMSE~2 (ρ=.956) and MoCA-K (ρ=.949) showed statistically significant correlations (p<.01). As a result of comparing the two results in each test, all scores of K-MMSE~2 and MoCA-K showed no statistically significant difference (p>.05). Conclusion : This study showed a correlation between the cognitive test results using the point book and the general cognitive test results in brain injury patients. In the future, study through various subjects will be needed, and we hope that the point book will be used as an assistance method for the cognitive tests in clinical settings.