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A cross-cultural study of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for people with hearing impairment
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
2024
Abstract
Background
Cognitive 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.
Methods
The 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.
Results
In 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.
Conclusions
Cultural 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.
Details
- Title
- A cross-cultural study of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for people with hearing impairment
- Authors/Creators
- Stacey TheocharousGreg Savage - Macquarie UniversityAnna Pavlina Charalambous - European University CyprusMathieu Cote - Université LavalRenaud David - Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de NiceKathleen GallantCatherine Helmer - Bordeaux Population HealthRobert Laforce - Université LavalIracema Leroi - Trinity College DublinRalph MartinsZiad NasreddineAntonis Politis - Eginition HospitalDavid Reeves - Manchester Academic Health Science CentreGregor Russell - Bradford District Care NHS Foundation TrustMarie-Josee Sirois - Université LavalHamid Sohrabi - Murdoch University, Centre for Healthy AgeingChyrssoula Thodi - European University CyprusChristiane VölterWai Kent Yeung - Manchester Academic Health Science CentrePiers Dawes - The University of Queensland
- Publication Details
- Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Publisher
- Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of The American Geriatrics Society
- Identifiers
- 991005676069607891
- Copyright
- © 2024 The Author(s).
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Centre for Healthy Ageing; School of Psychology
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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