The MoCA has been translated into nearly 100 languages ( ), which has promoted its widespread use. Subsequently, the MoCA has been widely used in various socioeconomic, cultural and linguistic contexts, including Portugal (Freitas, Simoes, Alves, & Santana, 2012), Italy (Milanini et al., 2016), North America (Rossetti, Lacritz, Cullum, & Weiner, 2011), Brazil (Cecato, Martinelli, Izbicki, Yassuda, & Aprahamian, 2016), China (Zhang et al., 2016) and South Africa (Robbins et al., 2013). The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief screening tool developed to detect mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which can be a precursor to dementia (Nasreddine et al., 2005). Keywords: HAD HAND HIV Montreal Cognitive Assessment psychometrics screening. The MoCA appears not to be a useful screening or diagnostic tool in samples with similar characteristics. The total MoCA score was not a significant predictor of diagnostic status, indicating poor discriminant validity of the MoCA in this sample. Cronbach’s alpha was 0.64 revealing moderate internal consistency. Total MoCA scores were significantly correlated with years of education ( p < 0.001) and age ( p = 0.007) but not gender. The clinical sample ( n = 83) included patients with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and a comorbid disorder, either psychiatric ( n = 70) or neurocognitive ( n = 13). The control sample ( n = 89) included healthy South African adults who speak English as a second or third language and who have been educated in public schools. All participants completed the English MoCA version 8.1. This study analysed secondary quantitative data, utilising a cross-sectional, between-subjects design. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate (1) the influence of demographic variables (age, years of education, and gender) on total MoCA scores (2) the internal consistency reliability of the test and (3) the discriminant validity of the total MoCA score. However, its psychometric properties have not been sufficiently studied in the South African context. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is widely used to screen for cognitive impairment and has shown a good capacity to identify cognitive impairment. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,Īnd reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Exploring the impact of demographic variables, internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity in a South African sampleĮlisabeth Kirkbride, Aline Ferreira-Correia, Mlinganisi Sibandze African Journal of Psychological Assessment, 4(0), a73. Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Exploring the impact of demographic variables, internal consistency reliability and discriminant validity in a South African sample.

Kirkbride, E., Ferreira-Correia, A., & Sibandze, M.

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