Does Demographic Normalisation Improve the Accuracy of the MoCA and the MMSE for Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Dementia ?
The current findings indicate that normalisation with the commonly used demographic variables (age, sex, and education) has little effect on the accuracy of MoCA & MMSE for identifying MCI and early dementia. Even this little effect often results in a significantly decreased test accuracy, suggesting that demographic normalisation does more harm than good.
Authors
- Maurice A. Smith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4214-1277)
- Kamlesh Perumal Venkatachalapathy
Institutions
- Madurai Kamaraj University (IN)
- Harvard University (US)
- Madurai Medical College (IN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Alzheimer s & Dementia
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/alz70861_108357
- Primary Topic
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00