ArticleBrain and behavior2025
Population-Based Norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Arab Adults.
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- Oral reading fluency as a predictor of neuropsychological test performance: Evidence from Hungarian language.Journal of neuropsychology · 2026Article
- Use and Psychometric Properties of the MoCA in Spain: a Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.Neuropsychology review · 2026Review
- Childhood trauma and cognitive decline in women: an empirical analysis of cognitive vulnerability in later life.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2026Article
- Neurology and Cognitive Occupational Therapy Practice Across the Middle East and North Africa: An Exploratory Multicountry Cross-Sectional Survey.Occupational therapy international · 2026Article
- Diagnostic Utility of Vestibular Markers in Identifying Mild Cognitive Impairment and Early Alzheimer's Disease in Older Adults.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Breaking geographic and language barriers in neuropsychology: online administration of MoCA in diverse populations.NPJ digital medicine · 2025Article
- Cognitive functions among Saudi patients with methamphetamine and cannabis use disorder.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Transdiagnostic relevance of subjective cognitive complaints: a validation and population-based study using two Canadian scales (SSTICS and MoCA) in the UAE.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is a brief screening instrument for detecting mild cognitive dysfunction, a precursor to many cognitive disorders, such as dementia, which have increased in prevalence globally. Qatar, a small high-income country, has the largest projected increase in dementia of any country in the Middle East. Yet no population-based norms for cognitive function are available to date.
methodsAs part of the first national cross-sectional study of mental health, a total of 395 Qatari and non-Qatari Arabs, 18-74 years of age, were evaluated face-to-face using the Arabic version of the original MoCA (version 7.1). We computed raw and demographically (gender, age in years, and four education categories) adjusted scores for the overall MoCA test and six domains (visuospatial, executive function, attention, language, delayed memory, and orientation). The percentile ranking of raw and adjusted normative (z) scores was computed. The 5th percentile ranking was used to derive potential cut-offs for the overall test and the six related domains.
resultsFemale gender, older age, and lower levels of education were associated with poorer overall test scores. The following MoCA overall test and domains cut-off scores (rounded to the nearest integer) were identified: MoCA (22), visuospatial (2), executive (2.5), attention (4), language (4), and delayed memory (3).
conclusionsOn the basis of our population-based data, scores below these 5th percentile cut-offs may warrant further testing and clinical follow-up for mild cognitive impairment (MCI) in otherwise healthy Arab adults.
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