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Title: | Utility of the MoCA for cognitive impairment screening in long-term psychosis patients |
Author: | Gil-Berrozpe, Gustavo J. Sánchez-Torres, Ana M. García de Jalón, Elena Moreno-Izco, Lucía Fañanás Saura, Lourdes Peralta, Víctor Cuesta, Manuel J. SEGPEPs group |
Keywords: | Malalties mentals Diagnòstic Mental illness Diagnosis |
Issue Date: | 2-Dec-2019 |
Publisher: | Elsevier B.V. |
Abstract: | Cognitive impairment is a key feature in patients with psychotic disorders. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief tool that has been shown to be effective in identifying mild cognitive impairment and early dementia. This study explores the usefulness of this instrument to detect cognitive impairment in long-term psychotic disorders. One hundred-forty stabilized patients were re-evaluated more than 15 years after a First Episode of Psychosis (FEP). Patients were psychopathologically assessed, and the MoCA test and MATRICS Consensus Cognitive Battery (MCCB) were administered. Two cut-off scores for cognitive impairment using the MCCB were applied (T score <40 and < 30). Concurrent validation was found between the total scores of the MoCA and MCCB. We also found significant associations between 5 out of 7 MoCA subtests (visuospatial-executive, attention, language, abstraction and delayed recall) and MCCB subtests but not for the naming and orientation MoCA subtests. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis suggested a <25 cut-off for cognitive impairment instead of the original <26. Our results suggest that the MoCA test is a useful screening instrument for assessing cognitive impairment in psychotic patients and has some advantages over other available instruments, such as its ease-of-use and short administration time. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.10.054 |
It is part of: | Schizophrenia Research, 2019, vol. 216, p. 429-434 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/173171 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.schres.2019.10.054 |
ISSN: | 0920-9964 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals) |
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