The application of Montreal Cognitive Assessment Chinese version in differentiation of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia
10.3760/cma.j.issn.0254-1424.2013.08.007
- VernacularTitle:中文版蒙特利尔认知评估量表在阿尔茨海默病与血管性痴呆中的应用研究
- Author:
Gongwei JIA
;
Ying YIN
;
Lang JIA
;
Lehua YU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment;
Alzheimer's disease;
Vascular dementia
- From:
Chinese Journal of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
2013;35(8):618-620
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To assess the use of the Chinese version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in differentiating Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia (VD).Methods A total of 62 patients with AD and 54 patients with VD were recruited for this study.All subjects were subject to examination using MoCA to collect information in terms of their visuospatial/executive function,attention,language,abstraction delayed recall and orientation.The demographic data of the subjects was also were collected and analyzed.Results It was shown that there were statistically significant differences between the AD and VD patients with regard to their scores of visuospatial / executive,attention,delayed recall (P ＜ 0.05).The rate of diagnostic coincidence was 100％ in AD patients using MoCA Chinese version,and 98.15％ in VD patients,with a statistically significant difference between the two groups.There was high correlation in all items of MoCA between the two evaluators (ICC:0.911 ～1.000).Conclusion Montreal Cognitive Assessment Chinese version can be used for the diagnosis of AD and VD,and the scale can help differentiate AD and VD.
