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Special Issues on Using the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for telemedicine Assessment During COVID ‐19
Author(s) -
Phillips Natalie A.,
Chertkow Howard,
PichoraFuller M. Kathleen,
Wittich Walter
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the american geriatrics society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.992
H-Index - 232
eISSN - 1532-5415
pISSN - 0002-8614
DOI - 10.1111/jgs.16469
Subject(s) - montreal cognitive assessment , medicine , telemedicine , test (biology) , covid-19 , cognition , audiology , cognitive test , perception , applied psychology , modality (human–computer interaction) , gerontology , cognitive psychology , cognitive impairment , psychiatry , disease , psychology , health care , human–computer interaction , computer science , paleontology , pathology , neuroscience , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economics , biology , economic growth
To the Editor The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) crisis has accelerated the need for cognitive screening adapted to telemedicine. Understandably, clinicians are trying to use tools in hand. As codevelopers of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), we have received inquiries on whether and how to adapt the test, what norms are available, and how to validly assess older adults with hearing and/or vision loss. There are modified MoCA versions, including one for telephone administration and some that omit visual or auditory items with validated cutoff scores. The MoCA website issued an e-mail (March 20, 2020) stating that it has been validated for remote testing. To our knowledge, there are no published validated remote testing adaptations with norms for key groups of interest, including those with assessed sensory abilities. Telephone-alone and videoconference (ie, remote) administrations present special challenges.