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Validation of conversion between mini–mental state examination and montreal cognitive assessment
Author(s) -
Lawton Michael,
Kasten Meike,
May Margaret T.,
Mollenhauer Brit,
Schaumburg Martina,
LiepeltScarfone Inga,
Maetzler Walter,
Vollstedt EvaJuliane,
Hu Michele T.M.,
Berg Daniela,
BenShlomo Yoav
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
movement disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.352
H-Index - 198
eISSN - 1531-8257
pISSN - 0885-3185
DOI - 10.1002/mds.26498
Subject(s) - montreal cognitive assessment , replicate , equating , interquartile range , cognition , smoothing , statistics , conversion factor , psychology , mathematics , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , physics , quantum mechanics , rasch model
Harmonizing data across cohorts is important for validating findings or combining data in meta‐analyses. We replicate and validate a previous conversion of MoCA to MMSE in PD. Methods We used five studies with 1,161 PD individuals and 2,091 observations measured with both the MoCA and MMSE. We compared a previously published conversion table using equipercentile equating with log‐linear smoothing to our internally derived scores. Results Both conversions found good agreement within and across the studies when comparing true and converted MMSE (mean difference: 0.05; standard deviation: 1.84; median difference: 0; interquartile range: –1 to 1, using internal conversion). Conclusions These results show that one can get a reliable and valid conversion between two commonly used measures of cognition in PD studies. These approaches need to be applied to other scales and domains to enable large‐scale collaborative analyses across multiple PD cohorts. © 2016 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society