Method: 18 patients and 11 controls were recruited from new patients and their partners attending a monthly specialist outreach Parkinson’s disease clinic in a regional centre. The Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) is currently the most commonly used brief screening tool however the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is argued to be a more suitable measure of cognitive impairment in patients with Parkinson’s disease. There remains a need for a brief, accurate and easily performed screening test, so that cognitive impairment can be identified reliably. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.īackground: Cognitive impairment is common in patients with Parkinson’s disease and has an impact on prognosis and quality of life. Sydney, Australia Tel: +61 2 9515 9815 Fax: +61 2 9817 6633 E-Mail: NovemPublished August 28, 2012Ĭitation: Aggarwal A, Bernardi MG, Wright L (2012) Cognitive Screening Tool in Parkinson’s Disease: Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Versus Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Moca). Cognitive Screening Tool in Parkinsonâs Disease: Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) Versus Montreal Cognitive Assessment (Moca) Research ArticleĪrun Aggarwal 2 *, Maria G Bernardi 1 and Lyn Wright 3ġ Medical Student, University of New South Wales Rural Clinical School, Coffs Harbour, AustraliaĢ Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, Concord Hospital, Sydney, Australiaģ Registered Nurse, Department of Aged Care, Coffs Harbour Health Campus, Coffs Harbour, Australia
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