Fernando Gómez|Mar??a Victoria Zunzunegui|Catherine Lord|Beatriz Alvarado|Ángeles García
Applicability of the MoCA?S test in populations with little education in Colombia
University of Caldas|Université de Montréal|Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal|Queen's University|Queen's University
objectives objectives study report use spanish version montreal cognitive assessment mocas cognitive screening tool population aged 65 74 years andes mountains colombia assessing influence education examine testretest reliability methods performed crosssectional study 150 subjects aged 65 74 years recruited older community social centers manizales colombia leganes cognitive test lct cognitive screening test populations low education used exclude likely dementia associations moca total score cognitive domains education examined total sample likely free dementia mocas testretest reliability estimated intraclass correlation coefficient icc two measurements taken 7 days apart results participants low levels formal education mean years schooling 48 according lct proportion people screening positive dementia 16 n 24 mean mocas scores 16130 among illiterate subjects 18230 among incomplete primary school 20330 among complete primary school p lt 0001 errors frequent cube clock drawing attentionserial subtraction verbal fluency abstraction testretest reliability high icc 086 95 ci 076093 conclusion mocas high reliability loweducated older colombians scores strongly dependent years education social cultural factors must considered interpreting mocas given high error rates items depend ability read write culture copyright 2012 john wiley amp sons ltd