Validity of Montreal Cognitive Assessment to Detect Cognitive Impairment in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes.

Anu GuptaAlpesh GoyalRoopa RajanVenugopalan Y VishnuMani KalaivaniNikhil TandonMadakasira V P SrivastavaYashdeep Gupta

Published in: Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders (2024)

The recommended screening cut-off point on MoCA of < 26 has a suboptimal specificity and may increase the referral burden in memory clinics. A lower cut-off of < 21 on MoCA maximizes the diagnostic accuracy. Interactive Visual Abstract available for this article.

Keyphrases

cognitive impairment
primary care
mild cognitive impairment
working memory
risk factors
structural basis