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Is the Montreal cognitive assessment culturally valid in a diverse geriatric primary care setting? Lessons from the Bronx.

Marnina B StimmelAriela R OrkabyEmmeline AyersJoe VergheseCeleste K NsubayiErica F Weiss
Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2024)
Current MoCA cutpoints were inappropriately high in a culturally/linguistically diverse urban setting, leading to a high false-positive rate. Lower Spanish and English MoCA cutpoints may improve diagnostic accuracy for identifying cognitive impairment in this group, highlighting the need for the creation and validation of accurate cognitive screeners for ethnoculturally and linguistically diverse older adults.
Keyphrases
  • primary care
  • cognitive impairment
  • physical activity
  • high resolution
  • mass spectrometry
  • clinical evaluation