![]() Some of these studies further emphasize the psychometric characteristics of the instrument: Influence of sociodemographic variables (Freitas, Simões, Alves & Santana, 2012) Construct validity (Freitas, Simões, Marôco, Alves & Santana, 2012) Item Response Theory - Rasch Model (Freitas, Prieto, Simões, & Santana, 2014) and Partial Credit Model (Freitas, Prieto, Simões, & Santana, 2015), while others studies mainly focus on specific clinical groups: MCI and AD (Freitas et al., 2013) Frontotemporal dementia (Freitas, Simões, Alves, Duro & Santana, 2012) Vascular dementia (Freitas, Simões, Alves, Vicente & Santana, 2012) Multiple Sclerosis (Freitas, Batista, Afonso, Simões, de Sousa, Cunha, & Santana, 2018). StudiesĪfter the translation and adaptation studies (Freitas, Simões, Martins, Vilar & Santana, 2010), as well as the normative study of the MoCA for the Portuguese population (Freitas, Simões, Alves & Santana, 2011), our research group has been conducting various validation studies. ![]() The MoCA is a screening instrument which allows a global cognitive measurement to be made through the assessment of a wide range of cognitive functions, such as (i) short-term memory, (ii) executive functions, (iii) visuospatial abilities, (iv) language, (v) attention, concentration and working memory, and (vi) temporal and spatial orientation (Nasreddine et al., 2005). ![]()
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