Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients
Abstract Background . The present study aimed at deriving regression-based reliable change indices (RCIs) for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in an Italian cohort of non-demented Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Methods N = 33 consecutive, non-demented PD patients were followed-up at a 5-...
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| author | Edoardo Nicolò Aiello Federica Solca Silvia Torre Beatrice Curti Giulia De Luca Ruggero Bonetti Francesco Scheveger Eleonora Colombo Alessio Maranzano Marco Olivero Claudia Morelli Alberto Doretti Luca Maderna Federico Verde Roberta Ferrucci Sergio Barbieri Fabiana Ruggiero Denise Mellace Angelica Marfoli Angelica De Sandi Alberto Priori Gabriella Pravettoni Vincenzo Silani Nicola Ticozzi Andrea Ciammola Barbara Poletti |
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| description | Abstract Background . The present study aimed at deriving regression-based reliable change indices (RCIs) for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in an Italian cohort of non-demented Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Methods N = 33 consecutive, non-demented PD patients were followed-up at a 5-to-8-month interval (M = 6.6; SD = 0.6) with the MoCA. Practice effects and test-retest reliability were assessed via dependent-sample t-tests and intra-class correlation (ICC) coefficients, respectively. RCIs were derived separately for raw and demographically adjusted MoCA scores according to a standardized regression-based approach by accounting for both baseline confounders (i.e., demographics, disease duration and Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale scores) and retest interval. Results No practice effects were found (t(32) = 0.29; p = .778), with acceptable test-retest reliability being detected (ICC = 0.67). MoCA scores at T0 proved to be the only significant predictor of T1 MoCA performances within both the model addressing raw scores and that addressing adjusted scores (ps < 0.001). Conclusions The present study provides Italian practitioners and researchers with regression-based RCIs for the MoCA in non-demented PD patients, which can be reliably adopted for retest interval ≥ 5 and ≤ 8 months without encountering any practice effect. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-bd6ddad958aa4523b07c41148e18228f2025-08-20T02:13:55ZengBMCBMC Neurology1471-23772024-11-012411510.1186/s12883-024-03920-9Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patientsEdoardo Nicolò Aiello0Federica Solca1Silvia Torre2Beatrice Curti3Giulia De Luca4Ruggero Bonetti5Francesco Scheveger6Eleonora Colombo7Alessio Maranzano8Marco Olivero9Claudia Morelli10Alberto Doretti11Luca Maderna12Federico Verde13Roberta Ferrucci14Sergio Barbieri15Fabiana Ruggiero16Denise Mellace17Angelica Marfoli18Angelica De Sandi19Alberto Priori20Gabriella Pravettoni21Vincenzo Silani22Nicola Ticozzi23Andrea Ciammola24Barbara Poletti25Department of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoNeurology Residency Program, Università degli Studi di MilanoNeurology Residency Program, Università degli Studi di MilanoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoNeurology Residency Program, Università degli Studi di MilanoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Università degli Studi di MilanoFondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoFondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore PoliclinicoDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Università degli Studi di MilanoDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Università degli Studi di MilanoFondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico“Aldo Ravelli” Center for Neurotechnology and Experimental Brain Therapeutics, Department of Health Sciences, International Medical School, University of MilanDepartment of Oncology and Hemato-Oncology, Università degli Studi di MilanoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoDepartment of Neurology and Laboratory of Neuroscience, IRCCS Istituto Auxologico ItalianoAbstract Background . The present study aimed at deriving regression-based reliable change indices (RCIs) for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in an Italian cohort of non-demented Parkinson’s disease (PD) patients. Methods N = 33 consecutive, non-demented PD patients were followed-up at a 5-to-8-month interval (M = 6.6; SD = 0.6) with the MoCA. Practice effects and test-retest reliability were assessed via dependent-sample t-tests and intra-class correlation (ICC) coefficients, respectively. RCIs were derived separately for raw and demographically adjusted MoCA scores according to a standardized regression-based approach by accounting for both baseline confounders (i.e., demographics, disease duration and Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale scores) and retest interval. Results No practice effects were found (t(32) = 0.29; p = .778), with acceptable test-retest reliability being detected (ICC = 0.67). MoCA scores at T0 proved to be the only significant predictor of T1 MoCA performances within both the model addressing raw scores and that addressing adjusted scores (ps < 0.001). Conclusions The present study provides Italian practitioners and researchers with regression-based RCIs for the MoCA in non-demented PD patients, which can be reliably adopted for retest interval ≥ 5 and ≤ 8 months without encountering any practice effect.https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-024-03920-9Reliable change indexCognitive screeningParkinson’s diseaseMontreal Cognitive AssessmentPsychometricsNeuropsychology |
| spellingShingle | Edoardo Nicolò Aiello Federica Solca Silvia Torre Beatrice Curti Giulia De Luca Ruggero Bonetti Francesco Scheveger Eleonora Colombo Alessio Maranzano Marco Olivero Claudia Morelli Alberto Doretti Luca Maderna Federico Verde Roberta Ferrucci Sergio Barbieri Fabiana Ruggiero Denise Mellace Angelica Marfoli Angelica De Sandi Alberto Priori Gabriella Pravettoni Vincenzo Silani Nicola Ticozzi Andrea Ciammola Barbara Poletti Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients BMC Neurology Reliable change index Cognitive screening Parkinson’s disease Montreal Cognitive Assessment Psychometrics Neuropsychology |
| title | Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients |
| title_full | Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients |
| title_fullStr | Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients |
| title_short | Reliable change indices for the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients |
| title_sort | reliable change indices for the italian version of the montreal cognitive assessment moca in non demented parkinson s disease patients |
| topic | Reliable change index Cognitive screening Parkinson’s disease Montreal Cognitive Assessment Psychometrics Neuropsychology |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-024-03920-9 |
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