Converting from the Montreal Cognitive Assessment to the Mini-Mental State Examination-2
- Authors
- Yang, Hwabeen; Yim, Daehyuk; Park, Moon Ho
- Issue Date
- 8-7월-2021
- Publisher
- PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
- Citation
- PLOS ONE, v.16, no.7
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- PLOS ONE
- Volume
- 16
- Number
- 7
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/137142
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0254055
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Abstract
- Objective The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini-Mental State Examination-2 (MMSE-2) are useful psychometric tests for cognitive screening. Many clinicians want to predict the MMSE-2 score based on the MoCA score. To facilitate the transition from the MoCA to the MMSE-2, this study developed a conversion method. Methods This study retrospectively examined the relationship between the MoCA and MMSE-2. Overall, 303 participants were evaluated. We produced a conversion table using the equipercentile equating method with log-linear smoothing. Then, we evaluated the reliability and accuracy of this algorithm to convert the MoCA to the MMSE-2. Results MoCA scores were converted to MMSE-2 scores according to a conversion table that achieved a reliability of 0.961 (intraclass correlation). The accuracy of this algorithm was 84.5% within 3 points difference from the raw score. Conclusions This study reports a reliable and easy conversion algorithm for transforming MoCA scores into converted MMSE-2 scores. This method will greatly enhance the utility of existing cognitive data in clinical and research settings.
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