Open AccessTime-of-Day Could Affect Cognitive Screening Performance in Older Patients with TIA and Stroke
Author(s) -
Sara Mazzucco,
Linxin Li,
M A Tuna,
Sarah T. Pendlebury,
Rhoda Frost,
Richard Wharton,
Peter M. Rothwell
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
cerebrovascular diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1421-9786
pISSN - 1015-9770
DOI - 10.1159/000456673
Subject(s) - medicine , montreal cognitive assessment , morning , stroke (engine) , affect (linguistics) , cognition , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , cohort , cognitive impairment , pediatrics , disease , psychiatry , psychology , mechanical engineering , communication , engineering
The impact of time-of-day on the cognitive performance of older patients with limited cognitive reserve after a transient ischemic attack (TIA) or stroke, and on short cognitive tests, such as the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), is unknown. We retrospectively studied whether morning versus afternoon assessment might affect the classification of patients aged 70 or older as severe (SCI), mild (MCI), and no (NCI) cognitive impairment by the MoCA.