Screening for MCI

	❓MOCA (≥26/30)
Developed to Screen...	Screen for MCI
Summary of test property	Sensitive
Cut-off (of disease)	<26/30
Properties in detection of 🤯MCI	90% sens87% spec
Properties in detection of 🤯Dementia	94% sens50% spec+LR 1.88-LR 0.12

Limitations

Don’t assess behaviour and social cognition (important frontal lobe function)
Don’t assess reading and writing, naming is not comprehensive (important language function)
Lots of false positives if not speaking first language

Template & Instruction

Scoring

Look at individual components!
Administrated in pt’s first language
Total: 30 points
- Normal: ≥26 (add 1 point for ≤12 years education)
- <26 suggests MCI or dementia