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A cross‐cultural study of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for people with hearing impairment
| Title: | A cross‐cultural study of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for people with hearing impairment |
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| Authors: | Stacey Theocharous, Greg Savage, Anna Pavlina Charalambous, Mathieu Côté, Renaud David, Kathleen Gallant, Catherine Helmer, Robert Laforce, Iracema Leroi, Ralph N. Martins, Ziad Nasreddine, Antonis Politis, David Reeves, Gregor Russell, Marie‐Josée Sirois, Hamid R. Sohrabi, Chyrssoula Thodi, Christiane Völter, Wai Kent Yeung, Piers Dawes |
| Source: | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 72:3156-3162 |
| Publisher Information: | Wiley, 2024. |
| Publication Year: | 2024 |
| Subject Terms: | Male, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Aged, 80 and over, Communication Sciences and Disorders, Middle Aged, Mental Status and Dementia Tests, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Medicine and Health Sciences, Humans, Female, Cognitive Dysfunction, Hearing Loss, Aged, Language |
| Description: | BackgroundCognitive screening tools enable the detection of cognitive impairment, facilitate timely intervention, inform clinical care, and allow long‐term planning. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment for people with hearing impairment (MoCA‐H) was developed as a reliable cognitive screening tool for people with hearing loss. Using the same methodology across four languages, this study examined whether cultural or linguistic factors affect the performance of the MoCA‐H.MethodsThe current study investigated the performance of the MoCA‐H across English, German, French, and Greek language groups (n = 385) controlling for demographic factors known to affect the performance of the MoCA‐H.ResultsIn a multiple regression model accounting for age, sex, and education, cultural–linguistic group accounted for 6.89% of variance in the total MoCA‐H score. Differences between languages in mean score of up to 2.6 points were observed.ConclusionsCultural or linguistic factors have a clinically significant impact on the performance of the MoCA‐H such that optimal performance cut points for identification of cognitive impairment derived in English‐speaking populations are likely inappropriate for use in non‐English speaking populations. To ensure reliable identification of cognitive impairment, it is essential that locally appropriate performance cut points are established for each translation of the MoCA‐H. |
| Document Type: | Article |
| File Description: | application/pdf |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1532-5415 0002-8614 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/jgs.19020 |
| Access URL: | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38847346 https://pergamos.lib.uoa.gr/uoa/dl/object/3482818 |
| Rights: | CC BY |
| Accession Number: | edsair.doi.dedup.....2b42f6d8f982980deaa80de64786811d |
| Database: | OpenAIRE |
| ISSN: | 15325415 00028614 |
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| DOI: | 10.1111/jgs.19020 |