Prospective Study
Copyright ©The Author(s) 2016.
World J Psychiatr. Sep 22, 2016; 6(3): 358-364
Published online Sep 22, 2016. doi: 10.5498/wjp.v6.i3.358
Table 1 Demographic characteristics and cognitive test scores of the two samples
Experimental n = 70range (min-max)Evaluation n = 65range (min-max)
Males21 (30%)21 (32.3%)
Age77.36 (SD: 7.06)62-8978.83 (SD: 6.6)66-91
MoCA19.03 (SD: 6.35)4-2918.57 (SD: 6.78)4-30
MMSE24.47 (SD: 4.87)9-3024.45 (SD: 4.71)8-30
Years of education10.71 (SD: 2.47)6-1810.20 (SD: 2.15)7-17
Table 2 Main diagnoses in the two samples
DiagnosesExperimental sample
Evaluation sample
Total
n (%)MMSE mean (SD)MoCA mean (SD)n (%)MMSE mean (SD)MoCA mean (SD)
Organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders (F00-F09)32 (45.7)22.31 (4.95)15.93 (5.68)32 (49.2)21.75 (4.61)13.91 (5.11)64
Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders (F20-F29)4 (5.7)23.5 (3.7)18.25 (4.43)2 (3.1)26 (5.66)20 (7.07)6
Mood (affective) disorders (F30-F39)18 (25.7)26.06 (4.42)21.61 (6.29)17 (26.2)26.17 (3.46)22.29 (5.47)35
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders (F40-F48)16 (22.9)27.25 (3.49)22.5 (5.33)14 (21.5)28.28 (1.85)24.5 (3.69)30
Table 3 Conversion table
MoCA scoresMMSE scores
13
26
38
410
511
613
714
815
916
1017
1119
1219
1320
1421
1522
1623
1724
1825
1925
2026
2127
2227
2328
2428
2529
2629
2730
2830
2930
3030