Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function
Background/Aims: Clinicians are increasingly being asked to provide their opinion on the decision-making capacity of older adults, while validated and widely available tools are lacking. We sought to identify an online cognitive screening tool for assessing mental capacity through the measurement of...
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| author | Megan Brenkel Kenneth Shulman Elias Hazan Nathan Herrmann Adrian M. Owen |
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| description | Background/Aims: Clinicians are increasingly being asked to provide their opinion on the decision-making capacity of older adults, while validated and widely available tools are lacking. We sought to identify an online cognitive screening tool for assessing mental capacity through the measurement of executive function. Methods: A mixed elderly sample of 45 individuals, aged 65 years and older, were screened with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the modified Cambridge Brain Sciences Battery. Results: Two computerized tests from the Cambridge Brain Sciences Battery were shown to provide information over and above that obtained with a standard cognitive screening tool, correctly sorting the majority of individuals with borderline MoCA scores. Conclusions: The brief computerized battery should be used in conjunction with standard tests such as the MoCA in order to differentiate cognitively intact from cognitively impaired older adults. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-402acfb3d47b41bd877202c22cbd5e292022-12-22T03:55:54ZengKarger PublishersDementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra1664-54642017-07-017224925610.1159/000478008478008Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive FunctionMegan BrenkelKenneth ShulmanElias HazanNathan HerrmannAdrian M. OwenBackground/Aims: Clinicians are increasingly being asked to provide their opinion on the decision-making capacity of older adults, while validated and widely available tools are lacking. We sought to identify an online cognitive screening tool for assessing mental capacity through the measurement of executive function. Methods: A mixed elderly sample of 45 individuals, aged 65 years and older, were screened with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the modified Cambridge Brain Sciences Battery. Results: Two computerized tests from the Cambridge Brain Sciences Battery were shown to provide information over and above that obtained with a standard cognitive screening tool, correctly sorting the majority of individuals with borderline MoCA scores. Conclusions: The brief computerized battery should be used in conjunction with standard tests such as the MoCA in order to differentiate cognitively intact from cognitively impaired older adults.http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/478008Cambridge Brain Sciences BatteryMontreal Cognitive AssessmentExecutive functionCapacity assessment |
| spellingShingle | Megan Brenkel Kenneth Shulman Elias Hazan Nathan Herrmann Adrian M. Owen Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra Cambridge Brain Sciences Battery Montreal Cognitive Assessment Executive function Capacity assessment |
| title | Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function |
| title_full | Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function |
| title_fullStr | Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function |
| title_short | Assessing Capacity in the Elderly: Comparing the MoCA with a Novel Computerized Battery of Executive Function |
| title_sort | assessing capacity in the elderly comparing the moca with a novel computerized battery of executive function |
| topic | Cambridge Brain Sciences Battery Montreal Cognitive Assessment Executive function Capacity assessment |
| url | http://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/478008 |
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