Brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in older Japanese: Validation of the Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Fujiwara, Yoshinori; Suzuki, Hiroyuki; Yasunaga, Masashi; Sugiyama, Mika; Ijuin, Mutsuo; Sakuma, Naoko; Inagaki, Hiroki; Iwasa, Hajime; Ura, Chiaki; Yatomi, Naomi; Ishii, Kenji; M. Tokumaru, Aya; Homma, Akira; Nasreddine, Ziad; Shinkai, Shoji

doi:10.1111/j.1447-0594.2010.00585.x

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Brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in older Japanese: Validation of the Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Published in Geriatrics and gerontology international/Geriatrics & gerontology international • Feb 4, 2010

Authors:

Yoshinori Fujiwara

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Masashi Yasunaga

Abstract

AIM: The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), developed by Dr Nasreddine (Nasreddine et al. 2005), is a brief cognitive screening tool for detecting older people with mild cognitive impairment (MCI). We examined the reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the MoCA (MoCA-J) in older Japa...

Subject

Montreal Cognitive Assessment

Cognitive impairment

Cognition

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