Language Validation

February 20, 2015

Alternate forms:

• Khan, G, Mirza, N & Waheed (2021) ‘Developing guidelines for the translation and cultural adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A scoping review and qualitative synthesis’, BJ Psych Open
• Costas AS et al. Evidence of the Sensitivity of the MoCA Alternate Forms in Monitoring Cognitive Change in Early Alzheimer’s Disease . Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord February 2014;37:95-103.
• Ana S. Costa, Bruno Fimm, Paul Friesen, Herve Soundjock, Claudia Rottschy, Therese Gross, Frank Eitner, Arno Reich, Jorg B.Schulz, Ziad S. Nasreddine, Kathrin Reetz.  Alternate-Form Reliability of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Screening Test in a Clinical Setting. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2012;33:379-384.
• Howard Chertkow, Ziad Nasreddine, Natalie A. Phillips et al.  The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): Validation of Alternate Forms and New Recommendations for Education Corrections.  Abstract presented at AAIC Conference Paris, July 2011.

Arabic:

• Amro I, Hamadi AMA, Salem AAE, Chivese T, Wilkins SS, Khaled SM. Population-Based Norms for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Arab Adults. Brain Behav. 2025 Feb;15(2):e70287. doi: 10.1002/brb3.70287. PMID: 39924707.
• Muayqil, T. A., Alamri, N. K., Alqahtani, A. M., Julaidan, S. S., Alsuhaibani, R., Nafisah, I., … & Alanazy, M. H. (2021). Normative and Equated Data of the Original and Basic Versions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment among Community Dwelling Saudi Arabians. Behavioural Neurology, 2021.
• Hayek, M., Tarabey, L., Abou-Mrad, T., Fadel, P., & Abou-Mrad, F. (2020). Normative Data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in a Lebanese Older Adult Population. Journal of Clinical Neuroscience.
• Rahman et al. Montreal Cognitive Assessment Arabic version: Reliability and validity prevalence of mild cognitive impairment among elderly attending geriatric clubs in Cairo. Geriatrics and Gerontology International, Vol. 9, number 1, March 2009, pp. 54-61 (8).

Chinese:

• Rui Sun, Binqian Ge, Shiyu Wu, Huiling Li, Lu Lin, Optimal cut-off MoCA score for screening for mild cognitive impairment in elderly individuals in China: A systematic review and meta-analysis, Asian Journal of Psychiatry, 2023, 103691, ISSN 1876-2018,  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajp.2023.103691.
• Zhou, Lu ; Lin, Zhichuan ; Jiao, Bin ; Liao, Xinxin ; Zhou, Yafang ; Li, Hui ; Shen, Lu & Weng, Ling (2022). Consistency analysis and conversion model establishment of mini-mental state examination and montreal cognitive assessment in Chinese patients with Alzheimer’s disease. _Frontiers in Psychology_ 13.
• Xu Q, Zhou M, Jiang C, Wu L, He Q, Zhao L, Dong Y, Liu J, Chen W. Application of the Chinese Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Basic for Assessing Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson’s Disease. Brain Sciences. 2021; 11(12):1575. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci11121575
• Jia, X., Wang, Z., Huang, F. et al. A comparison of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for mild cognitive impairment screening in Chinese middle-aged and older population: a cross-sectional study. BMC Psychiatry 21, 485 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03495-6
• Hong Y, Zeng X, Zhu CW, et al. Evaluating the Beijing Version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Identification of Cognitive Impairment in Monolingual Chinese American Older Adults. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology. August 2021. doi:10.1177/08919887211036182
• Deng Y, Zhao S, Cheng G, Yang J, Li B, Xu K, Xiao P, Li W, Rong S: The Prevalence of Mild Cognitive Impairment among Chinese People: A Meta-Analysis. Neuroepidemiology 2021;55:79-91. doi: 10.1159/000512597
• Mellor, D., et al. “Determining Appropriate Screening Tools and Cut-Points for Cognitive Impairment in an Elderly Chinese Sample.” Psychological assessment (2016).
• Tsai, Jui-Chen, et al. “Comparing the Sensitivity, Specificity, and Predictive Values of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and Mini-Mental State Examination When Screening People for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in Chinese population.” Archives of Psychiatric Nursing (2016).
• Zhai, Yali, et al. “Application and Revision of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in China’s Military Retirees with Mild Cognitive Impairment.” PloS one 11.1 (2016).
• Leung-Wing Chu et al. Validity of the Cantonese Chinese Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Southern Chinese. January 2014. Geriatrics & Gerontology International.
• Dong et al. Comparison of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment and the Mini-Mental State Examination in detecting multi-domain mild cognitive impairment in a Chinese sub-sample drawn from a population-based study. Int Psychogeriatr. 2013 Jul 22:1-8. [Epub ahead of print]
• Niu et al. Non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and other risk factors of mild cognitive impairment among Chinese type 2 diabetic patients. J Diabetes Complications. 2013 Sep-Oct;27(5):443-6. Epub 2013 Jul 9.
• Wang et al. The relationship between cognitive impairment and cerebral blood flow changes after transient ischaemic attack. Neurol Res. 2013 Jul;35(6):580-5.
• Cheng et al. Effects of carotid artery stenting on cognitive function in patients with mild cognitive impairment and carotid stenosis. Exp Ther Med. 2013 Apr;5(4):1019-1024.
• Wong et al. Comparison of montreal cognitive assessment and mini-mental state examination in evaluating cognitive domain deficit following aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage. PLoS One. 2013;8(4). Epub 2013 Apr 3.
• Zhang et al. Relationship between cerebral microbleeds and cognitive function in lacunar infarct. J Int Med Res. 2013 Apr;41(2):347-55.
• Wong et al. Validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment for traumatic brain injury patients with intracranial haemorrhage. Brain Inj. 2013;27(4):394-8. . Epub 2013 Mar 8.
• Tu et al. Reliability, validity, and optimal cutoff score of the montreal cognitive assessment (changsha version) in ischemic cerebrovascular disease patients of hunan province, China. Dement Geriatr Cogn Dis Extra. 2013 Feb 16;3(1):25-36.
• Tan et al. [Clinical research of early intervention of modified shuyu pill in vascular cognitive impairment no dementia]. Zhongguo Zhong Xi Yi Jie He Za Zhi. 2013 Jan;33(1):27-30. Article in Chinese.
• Zhao et al. Executive dysfunction in patients with cerebral hypoperfusion after cerebral angiostenosis/occlusion. Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 2013;53(3):141-7.
• Hu JB et al.  Cross-cultural difference and validation of the Chinese version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in older adults residing in Eastern China: Preliminary findings.  Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2013 Jan-Feb;56(1):38-43. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.05.008 Epub 2012 Jun 13.
• Adrian Wong et al. The Validity, Reliability and Clinical Utility of the Hong Kong Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA) in  patients with cerebral small vessel disease, Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord, Aug. 2009;28-81-87.
• Wong A et al. The Validity, Reliability and Utility of the Cantonese Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in Chinese Patients with Confluent White Matter Lesions. Hong Kong Med J, Volume 14, Number 6, Supplement 6, December 2008.
• Wen HB et al. The application of Montreal cognitive assessment in urban Chinese residents of Beijing. Zhonghua Nei Ke Za Zhi. 2008. Jan;47(1):36-9. Chinese.
• Xiao, W., et al. “[Acupuncture and drug for subcortical ischemic vascular disease complicated with depression: a randomized controlled trial].” Zhongguo zhen jiu= Chinese acupuncture & moxibustion 34.11 (2014): 1051-1056.
• Chen, Xiangliang, et al. “Validation of NINDS-CSN neuropsychological battery for vascular cognitive impairment in Chinese stroke patients.” BMC Neurology 1 (2015): 20.

Croatian:

• Zavoreo et al. Cognitive decline and cerebral vasoreactivity in asymptomatic patients with severe internal carotid artery stenosis. Acta Neurol Belg. 2013 Apr 6. [Epub ahead of print]
• Martinic-Popovic I. et al. Early detection of mild cognitive impairment in patients with cerebrovascular disease.
  Acta Clin Croat 2006;45-77-85.

Czech:

• J.Reban. Montrealsky kognitivni test/MoCA/: prinos k diagnostice predemenci, Ceska Geriatricka Revue 2006 (4): 224-229.

Dutch:

• Thissen AJ et al. Applicability and validity of the Dutch version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
  (MoCA-d) in diagnosing MCI. Gerontol Geriatr. 2010 Dec;41(6):231-40.
• Janneke Thissen et al. Validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Dutch Version (MoCA-D), presented at the international Psychogeriatric Association Conference, Sept. 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Ecuador:

• Del Brutto, Oscar H., et al. “The bicaudate index inversely associates with performance in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in older adults living in rural Ecuador. The Atahualpa project.” International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2016).

English:

• Costa A, Fimm B, Friesen P, Soundjock H, Rottschy C, Gross T, Eitner F, Reich A, Schulz JB, Nasreddine ZS, Reetz K.
  Alternate-form Reliability of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) screening test in a clinical setting.  Dement
  Geriatr Cogn Disord 2012;33(6):379-84.
• Luis CA et al. Cross validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in community dwelling older adults
  residing in the Southeastern US. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, Online issue, October 21st, 2008, published 2009;24: 197-201.
• Nasreddine ZS, Phillips NA, Bédirian V, Charbonneau S, Whitehead V, Collin I, Cummings JL, Chertkow H. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr. Soc. 53:695-699, 2005.

Filipino:

• Montreal Cognitive Assessment–Filipino Version. Dominguez, J. C., Orquiza, M. G. S., Soriano, J. R., Magpantay, C. D., Esteban, R. C., Corrales, M. L., & Ampil, E. R. (2013). Montreal Cognitive Assessment–Filipino Version (MoCA-P, MoCA) [Database record]. APA PsycTests.

  https://doi.org/10.1037/t72215-000

• Dominguez JC et al. Adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive
  Assessment for Elderly Filipino Patients. East Asian Arch Psychiatry, December 2013;23:80-5 Theme Paper.

Finnish:

• Nortunen, T., Puustinen, J., Luostarinen, L., Huhtala, H., & Hänninen, T. (2018). Validation of the finnish version of the montreal cognitive assessment test. Acta Neuropsychologica, 16(4), 353-60.

French:

• Nasreddine, Ziad Samir, and Bhavini Bhovan Patel. “Validation of Montreal Cognitive Assessment, MoCA, Alternate French Versions.” Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences (2016): 1-7.
• Larouche, Eddy, et al. “Normative Data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Middle-Aged and Elderly Quebec-French People.” Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology (2016).
• Nasreddine ZS, Phillips NA, Bédirian V, Charbonneau S, Whitehead V, Collin I, Cummings JL, Chertkow H. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): A brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment. J Am Geriatr. Soc. 53:695-699, 2005.

Georgian:

• Janelidze, M., Mikeladze, N., Bochorishvili, N., Dzagnidze, A., Kapianidze, M., Mikava, N., … & Nadareishvili, Z. (2016). Validity of the Georgian Montreal Cognitive Assessment for the Screening of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease & Other Dementias®, 1533317516679304.

German:

• Thomann AE, Goettel N, Monsch RJ, Berres M, Jahn T, Steiner LA, Monsch AU. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Normative Data from a German-Speaking Cohort and Comparison with International Normative Samples. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;64(2):643-655. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180080. PMID: 29945351; PMCID: PMC6027948.
• Völter, C., Fricke, H., Faour, S., Lueg, G., Nasreddine, Z., Götze, L., & Dawes, P. (2023, June 26). Validation of the German Montreal-cognitive-assessment-H (MOCA-H) for hearing-impaired. Frontiers. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnagi.2023.1209385/abstract
• Thomann, A. E., Berres, M., Goettel, N., Steiner, L. A., & Monsch, A. U. (2020). Enhanced diagnostic accuracy for neurocognitive disorders: a revised cut-off approach for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Alzheimer’s research & therapy, 12, 1-10.
• Costas AS et al. Evidence of the Sensitivity of the MoCA Alternate Forms in Monitoring Cognitive Change in Early Alzheimer’s Disease . Dement Geriatr

Greek:

• Papastefanakis E, Dimitraki G, Ktistaki G, et al. Screening for cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus: Application of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a Greek patient sample. Lupus. December 2021. doi:10.1177/09612033211061062
• Konstantopoulos, K., & Vogazianos, P. (2019). Montreal Cognitive Assessment in a Greek sample of patients with multiple sclerosis: A validation study. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1-5.
• Poptsi, E., Moraitou, D., Eleftheriou, M., Kounti-Zafeiropoulou, F., Papasozomenou, C., Agogiatou, C., … & Nikolaidou, E. (2019). Normative Data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Greek Older Adults With Subjective Cognitive Decline, Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology, 0891988719853046.
• Konstantopoulos, K., P. Vogazianos, and T. Doskas. “Normative Data of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in the Greek Population and Parkinsonian Dementia.” Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology 31.3 (2016): 246-253.

Hebrew:

• Michal Lifshitz et al.  Validation of the Hebrew Version of the MoCA Test as a Screening Instrument for the Early Detection of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Individuals.  Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry and Neurology 2012
  25(3) 155-161.

Hiligaynon:

• Bernardo-Aliling, N. A., Rivera, A., & Jamora, R. D. G. (2019). Translation, cultural adaptation and validation of the Hiligaynon Montreal Cognitive Assessment Tool (MoCA-Hil) among patients with X-linked dystonia parkinsonism (XDP). Frontiers in Neurology, 10, 1249.

Hindi:

• Gupta, M., & Gandhi, B. (2019). Validity and reliability of Hindi translated version of Montreal cognitive assessment in older adults. Asian Journal of Psychiatry.

Hong Kong:

• Hao Luo, Björn Andersson, Gloria HY Wong, and Terry YS Lum (2022) LONGITUDINAL MEASUREMENT PROPERTIES OF THE MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT. GSA 2021 Annual Scientific Meeting
• Yeung, P.Y., Wong, L.L., Chan, C.C., Leung, J.L., Yung, C.Y., 2014. A validation study of the Hong Kong version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (HK-MoCA) in Chinese older adults in Hong Kong. Hong Kong Med J. 20(6):504-10.doi: 10.12809/hkmj144219. Epub 2014 Aug 15.

Indian languages:

• Mulchandani, Rubina MSc*,†; Grover, Udita MSc*; Ray, Shomik MPhil*; Gandotra, Sheetal PhD†,‡; Dhamija, Rajinder K. MD, DNB (Neuro)§; Lyngdoh, Tanica MD, PhD∥. Validating the Telephone Montreal Cognitive Assessment Scale–Hindi as a Remote Screening Tool for Mild Cognitive Impairment. Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology ():10.1097/WNN.0000000000000389, March 25, 2025. | DOI: 10.1097/WNN.0000000000000389
• Karim, M. A., & Venkatachalam, J. (2022). Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Tamil (India) Version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA) in Elderly. International Journal of Gerontology, 16(4), 365-369. https://doi.org/10.6890/IJGE.202210_16(4).0010
• Kaul, S, Paplikar, A, Varghese, F, et al. MoCA in five Indian languages: a brief screening tool to diagnose dementia and MCI in a linguistically diverse setting. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2022; 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1002/gps.5808

Italian:

• Dapor, C., Devita, M., Iannizzi, P., Arbia, E., Bruzzano, A., Dessì, M., Lupi, D., Rolandino Massa, G., Rossi, M., Saccomano, A., Siccardi, E., Simonetto, A., Vuerich, G., Zuliani, S., & Priftis, K. (2023). The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA 8.1) including the Memory Index Score (MoCA-MIS): Italian norms. Preprint. University of Padua, Department of General Psychology.
• Aiello, E.N., Solca, F., Torre, S. et al. Validity, diagnostics and feasibility of the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in Huntington’s disease. Neurol Sci (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-023-07070-7
• D’Iorio, A., Aiello, E.N., Amboni, M. et al. Validity and diagnostics of the Italian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in non-demented Parkinson’s disease patients. Aging Clin Exp Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-023-02493-w
• Ilardi, C.R., Menichelli, A., Michelutti, M. et al. Optimal MoCA cutoffs for detecting biologically-defined patients with MCI and early dementia. Neurol Sci (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-022-06422-z
• Aiello, E.N., Pasotti, F., Appollonio, I. et al. Equating Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) scores: conversion norms from a healthy Italian population sample. Aging Clin Exp Res (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-022-02089-w
• Aiello, E.N., Gramegna, C., Esposito, A. et al. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): updated norms and psychometric insights into adaptive testing from healthy individuals in Northern Italy. Aging Clin Exp Res (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-021-01943-7
  Santangelo, G., et al. “Normative data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in an Italian population sample.” Neurological sciences: official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology (2014).
• Conti S et al. Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)-Italian version: regression based norms and equivalent scores. Neurol Sci. 2014 Aug 20
• Pasi et al. Factors predicting the Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) applicability and performances in a stroke unit. J Neurol. 2013 Jun;260(6):1518-26.
• Poggesi, Anna, et al. “Factors Associated With Motor Performance in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Cerebral Small Vessel Disease: Data From the VMCI-Tuscany study.” Stroke 46.Suppl 1 (2015): A48-A48.

Japanese:

• Iwasaki, S., Yamashita, M., Takamatsu, R., Toyoshima, A., Nishiguchi, S., Yamada, M., & Sekiyama, K. (2025). Converting MoCA-J to MMSE-J in community-dwelling Japanese older adults: A pilot study. Psychologia. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.2117/psysoc.2023-B046
• Saito, T. et al. Assessment to Estimate Cognitive Decline in Patients Aged 75 Years or Older with and without Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Journal of Nippon Medical School. 2022, Vol. 89 Issue 2, p196-202. 7p.
• Hao, W., Zhao, W., Kimura, T. et al. Association of gait with global cognitive function and cognitive domains detected by MoCA-J among community-dwelling older adults: a cross-sectional study. BMC Geriatr 21, 523 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02467-5
• Taeko Saito, Takehisa Yamada, Yasushi Miyauchi, Naoya Emoto, and Fumitaka Okajima (2021) Analysis of Cognitive aging Estimated by the Japanese Version of the Montreal Cognitive 2 Assessment in Patients Aged 75 years or Older with and Without Type 2 diabetes. Journal of Nippon Medical School J-STAGE
• Suzuki, Hiroyuki, et al. “One‐Year Change in the Japanese Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Performance and Related Predictors in Community‐Dwelling Older Adults.” Journal of the American Geriatrics Society(2015).
• Chen, Sanmei, et al. “Global cognitive performance and frailty in non‐demented community‐dwelling older adults: Findings from the Sasaguri Genkimon Study.” Geriatrics & gerontology international (2015).
• Mori, Yukiko, et al. “Increased detection of mild cognitive impairment with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM-MCI) using the Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment: a pilot study.”Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience (2014).
• Fujiwara et al. Physical and Sociopsychological Characteristics of Older Community Residents With Mild Cognitive Impairment as Assessed by the Japanese Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2013 Aug 6. [Epub ahead of print].
• Kenji Narazakia, Yu Nofujib et al.  Normative Data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in a Japanese Community-Dwelling Older Population.  Neuroepidemiology 2013;40:23-29.
• Ihara et al. Association of Physical Activity with the Visuospatial/Executive Functions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2012 Nov 12. pii: S1052-3057(12)00339-4.
• Fujiwara Y. et al. Brief screening tool for mild cognitive impairment in older Japanese: Validation of the Japanese version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Geriatr Gerontol Int. 2010;10:225-232.

Korean:

• Kwak, H.-S., & Kim, S.-H. (2021). 경도인지장애 선별검사로서 Montreal Cognitive Assessment-Korea (MoCA-K)의 규준 연구. 대한통합의학회지, 9(3), 37–45. https://doi.org/10.15268/KSIM.2021.9.3.37
• Kim H, Yu KH, Lee BC, Kim BC, Kang Y.   Validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Index Scores: a Comparison with the Cognitive Domain Scores of the Seoul Neuropsychological Screening Battery (SNSB).   Dement Neurocogn Disord. 2021 Jul;20(3):28-37.   https://doi.org/10.12779/dnd.2021.20.3.28
• Hwang et al. Effects of falls experience on cognitive functions and physical activities in community-dwelling individuals with chronic stroke. Int J Rehabil Res. 2013 Jun;36(2):134-9.
• Jun-Young Lee et al. Brief Screening for Mild Cognitive Impairment in Elderly Outpatient Clinic: Validation of the Korean Version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment 2008; J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol, June 2008, 21;2:104-110.

Korean-K2:

• Kang YW et al. Reliability Validity, and Normative Study of the Korean-Montreal Cognitive Assessment (K-MoCA) as an Instrument for screening of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (VCI).  The Korean Journal of Clinical Psychology.  2009;28:549-562.

Lativia:

• Psychometric properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment v8.2. test: Pilot study Irina Pelse, Kristine Sneidere, Ainars Stepens, Ilona Krone, Guntis Karelis and Andrejs Kostiks SHS Web Conf., 184 (2024) 02005 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/shsconf/202418402005

Malay

• Cheah, W. K., Teh, H. L., Huang, D. X. H., Ch’ng, A. S. H., Choy, M. P., Teh, E. E., & Looi, I. Validation of Malay version of Montreal cognitive assessment in patients with cognitive impairment.

Malayalam

• Krishnan, S., et al. “Validity of Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Non-English speaking patients with Parkinson’s disease.” Neurology India 63.1 (2015): 63.

Moroccan languages

• Noumidia Khatib, Ibtissam El Harch, Abdelaziz Lamkaddem, Lahcen Omari, Nourdine Attiya, Younes Filali-Zegzouti, Samira El Fakir, Abdelkrim Janati Idrissi & Zouhayr Souirti (2022) The Moroccan MoCA test: Translation, cultural adaptation, and validation, Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, DOI: 10.1080/23279095.2022.2119143

Persian:

• Rashedi V, Foroughan M, Chehrehnegar N (2021): Psychometric Properties of the Persian Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer Disease. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Extra;11:51-57. doi: 10.1159/000514673
• Badrkhahan, S. Z., Sikaroodi, H., Sharifi, F., Kouti Pharmd, L., & Noroozian, M. (2019). Validity and reliability of the Persian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-P) scale among subjects with Parkinson’s disease. Applied Neuropsychology: Adult, 1-9.
• Sikaroodi et al. Cognitive impairments in patients with cerebrovascular risk factors: A comparison of Mini Mental Status Exam and Montreal Cognitive Assessment. Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Aug;115(8):1276-80.

Polish:

• Sokołowska, N., Sokołowski, R., Oleksy, E., Kasperska, P., Klimkiewicz-Wszelaki, K., Polak-Szabela, A., … & Kędziora-Kornatowska, K. (2020). Usefulness of the Polish versions of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment 7.2 and the Mini-Mental State Examination as screening instruments for the detection of mild neurocognitive disorder. Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska.
• Magierska J et al.  Clinical application of the Polish adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test in screening for cognitive impairment.  Neurologia i neurochirurgia polska 2012, 46(2):130-139.
• Joanna Magierska, Radoslaw Magierski, Tomasz Sobow, Iwona Kloszewska. The Polish adaptation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and preliminary results of its clinical utility in the screening for cognitive impairment. Presented at ICAD Conference Poster 2008, Chicago.
• Gierus¹, Jacek, et al. “The Montreal Cognitive Assessment 7.2–Polish adaptation and research on equivalency.” Psychiatr. Pol 49.1 (2015): 171-179.

Polish (Alternative Version):

• Gierus¹, J., Mosiołek, A., Koweszko, T., & Kozyra, O. (2015). The Montreal Cognitive Assessment 7.2–Polish adaptation and research on equivalency. Psychiatr. Pol, 49(1), 171-179.

Portuguese:

• Cecato, Juliana F., et al. “Research Article Discriminative Power of Montreal Cognitive Assessment.”
• Amaro, A. L. G. (2013). Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): estudo de validação numa amostra de adolescentes delinquentes institucionalizados em Centros Educativos.
• Sandra Freitas, Gerardo Prieto, Mário R. Simões & Isabel Santana (2014) Psychometric Properties of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): An Analysis Using the Rasch Model, The Clinical Neuropsychologist, 28:1, 65-83, DOI: 10.1080/13854046.2013.870231 OPEN PDF FILE
• Freitas S. et al.  (2012).  Construct validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA).  Journal of International Neuropsychology Society, 18,242-250. doi:10.1017/S1355617711001573.
• Freitas S. et al. (2012). Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): Validation study for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s disease.  Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders, doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182420bfe.
• Freitas S. Simoes M.R, Alves L. & Santana (2012).  Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): Influence of sociodemographic and health variables.  Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 27, 165-175.  doi:10.1093/arclin/acr116.
• Freitas S. et al.  (2011).  Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): Normative study for the Portuguese population.  Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, 33(9), 989-996. doi:10.1080/13803395.2011.589374
• Duro D et al. Validation studies of the Portuguese experimental version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA): confirmatory factor analysis.  J Neurol. 2010 May;257(5):728-34.
• Freitas S, Santana I, Simoes, M.R. (2010).  The sensitivity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) to cognitive decline: A longitudinal study.  Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 6(4), S353-S354 Abstract.
• Freitas S, et al. (2010). Estudos de adaptacao do Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) para a populacao portuguesa.  Avaliacao Psicologica, 9(3), 345-357.
• Cecato, Juliana Francisca, et al. “Poder preditivo do MoCa na avaliação neuropsicológica de pacientes com diagnóstico de demência.” Revista Brasileira de Geriatria e Gerontologia 17.4 (2014): 707-719.

Portuguese (Brazil):

• Bertolucci PH et al. Brazilian Portuguese version for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and the preliminary results. Presented at Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease. Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Volume 4, Issue 4, Supplement 1, July 2008, Page T686.
• Claudia M. Memoria et al.  Brief screening for mild cognitive impairment: validation of the Brazilian version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.  Int J Geriatr Psychiatry, 2013 Jan;28(1) 34-40.

Russian:

• Freud, T., Vostrikov, A., Dwolatzky, T., Punchik, B., & Press, Y. (2020). Validation of the Russian Version of the MoCA Test as a Cognitive Screening Instrument in Cognitively Asymptomatic Older Individuals and those with Mild Cognitive Impairment. Frontiers in Medicine, 7, 447.
• Boiko et al. [Possibilities of medical correction of moderate cognitive impairment]. [Article in Russian] Zh Nevrol Psikhiatr Im S S Korsakova. 2013;113(2):28-32.

Sinhalese:

• Karunaratne S. et al.  Validation of the Sinhala version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in screening for dementia.  Ceylon Medical Journal, 56(4), 147-153, 2011.

Spanish:

• Colina ANdl, Paytan DB, Mejía AD, et al. The Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review. Research Square; 2024. DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3919583/v1.
• Briceño, EM, Mehdipanah, R, Gonzales, XF, et al. (2021) Bilingualism, assessment language, and the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Mexican Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021; 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1111/jgs.17209
• Gaete, M., Jorquera, S., Bello, S., Mendoza, Y. M., Véliz, M., Alonso, M. F., & Lira, J. (2020). Standardized results of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for neurocognitive screening in a Chilean population. Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain).
• Bello-Lepe, S., Alonso-Sánchez, M. F., Ortega, A., Gaete, M., Veliz, M., Lira, J., & Salas, C. P. P. (2020). Montreal Cognitive Assessment as Screening Measure for Mild and Major Neurocognitive Disorder in a Chilean Population. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra, 10(3), 105-114.
• Ramírez-Moreno, J. M., Alberca, S. B., Vega, P. M., & Barona, E. G. (2020). Screening for cognitive impairment with the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Spanish patients with minor stroke or transient ischaemic attack. Neurología (English Edition).
• Serrano, C. M., Sorbara, M., Minond, A., Finlay, J. B., Arizaga, R. L., Iturry, M., … & Magliano, F. C. (2020). Validation of the Argentine version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test (MOCA): A screening tool for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Mild Dementia in Elderly. Dementia & Neuropsychologia, 14(2), 145-152.
• Gómez-Moreno, S. M., Cuadrado, M. L., Cruz-Orduña, I., Martínez-Acebes, E. M., Gordo-Mañas, R., Fernández-Pérez, C., & García-Ramos, R. (2020). Validation of the Spanish-language version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment as a screening test for cognitive impairment in multiple sclerosis. Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain).
• Pereiro-Rozas, A. X., Ramos-Lema, S., Lojo-Seoane, C., Guàrdia-Olmos, J., Facal-Mayo, D., & Juncos-Rabadán, O. (2018). Correction to: Normative data for the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA) in a Spanish sample of community-dweller adults. European Geriatric Medicine, 1-2.
• Aguilar-Navarro, S. G., Mimenza-Alvarado, A. J., Palacios-García, A. A., Samudio-Cruz, A., Gutiérrez-Gutiérrez, L. A., & Ávila-Funes, J. A. (2018). Validity and Reliability of the Spanish Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) for the Detection of Cognitive Impairment in Mexico. Revista colombiana de psiquiatria, 47(4), 237-243.
• Pedraza, O. L., Salazar, A. M., Sierra, F. A., Soler, D., Castro, J., Castillo, P., … & Piñeros, C. (2016). Confiabilidad, validez de criterio y discriminante del Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test, en un grupo de adultos de Bogotá. Acta Médica Colombiana, 41(4), 221-228.
• Ojeda, N., Del Pino, R., Ibarretxe-Bilbao, N., Schretlen, D. J., & Pena, J. (2016). Montreal Cognitive Assessment Test: normalization and standardization for Spanish population. Revista de neurologia, 63(11), 488.
• Gil, Laura, et al. “Validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in Spanish as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia in patients over 65 years old in Bogotá, Colombia.” International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (2014).
• Gil, L. et al. (2013). Validation of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment–Spanish Version test (MoCA-S) as a screening tool for mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia in Bogotá, Colombia. Alzheimer’s & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer’s Association, 9(4), P452-P453.
• Pereira-Manrique F. et al. Reliability and Validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a Population over Bogota, Colombia. Revista Neuropsicologia Neurpsiquiatria Y Neurociencias Volumen 13 No. 2 – Diciembre 2013.
• Gomez F et al.  Applicability of the MoCA-S test in populations with little education in Colombia.  Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 2012, Sep 20. doi: 10.1002/gps.3885. [Epub ahead of print]
• Zhou, Yan, et al. “Use of the MoCA in Detecting Early Alzheimer’s Disease in a Spanish-Speaking Population with Varied Levels of Education.” Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra 5.1 (2015): 85-95.

Swahili:

• Masika, G. M., Yu, D. S., & Li, P. W. (2020). Accuracy of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment in Detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia in the Rural African Population. Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology.

Swedish:

• Classon, E., van den Hurk, W., Lyth, J., & Johansson, M. (2022). Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Normative Data for Cognitively Healthy Swedish 80-to 94-Year-Olds. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 87(3), 1335–1344. https://doi.org/10.3233/JAD-215629
• Borland, E., Nägga, K., Nilsson, P. M., Minthon, L., Nilsson, E. D., & Palmqvist, S. (2017). The Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Normative Data from a Large Swedish Population-Based Cohort. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 59(3), 893-901.
• Montreal Cognitive Assessment: Normative data from a large Swedish population-based cohort

Taiwanese:

• Tsai, C. F., Lee, W. J., Wang, S. J., Shia, B. C., Nasreddine, Z., & Fuh, J. L. (2012). Psychometrics of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) and its subscales: validation of the Taiwanese version of the MoCA and an item response theory analysis. International psychogeriatrics, 24(4), 651.

Tamil:

• Karim, Abdul M & Venkatachalam, J (2021) Construct Validity and Psychometric Properties of the Tamil (India) Version of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (T-MoCA) in Elderly.
• Coonghe, P. A. D., Fonseka, P., Sivayogan, S., Keshavaraj, A., Malhotra, R., & Ostbye, T. (2020). Adaptation and Validation of The Tamil (Sri Lanka) Version of The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA). Kesmas: National Public Health Journal, 15(2).

Thai:

• Solaphat Hemrungrojn, Arisara Amrapala & Michael Maes (2022) Construction of a short version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) rating scale for the Thai population using Partial Least Squares analysis, International Journal of Neuroscience, DOI: 10.1080/00207454.2022.2082966
• Kantithammakorn, P.; Punyabukkana, P.; Pratanwanich, P.N.; Hemrungrojn, S.; Chunharas, C.; Wanvarie, D. Using Automatic Speech Recognition to Assess Thai Speech Language Fluency in the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA). Sensors 2022, 22, 1583. https://doi.org/10.3390/s22041583
• Hemrungrojn S, Tangwongchai S, Charoenboon T, Panasawat M, Supasitthumrong T, Chaipresertsud P, Maleevach P, Likitjaroen Y, Phanthumchinda K, Maes M (2021) Use of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Thai Version to Discriminate Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment from Alzheimer’s Disease and Healthy Controls: Machine Learning Results. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. doi: 10.1159/000517822
• Tangwongchai S et al. The Validity of Thai version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA-T), Presented at the International Psychogeriatric Association Conference, Sept. 2009, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Turkish:

• Selekler K. & Cangoz B. (October 2009). Predictive Validity Study of MoCA on Turkish Patients with MCI and Alzheimer Dementia. (Poster). 19th World Congress of Neurology (WCN 2009), Bangkok, Thailand.
• Kaynak Selekler et al. Power of discrimination of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) Scale in Turkish Patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer’s Disease. Turkish Journal of Geriatrics 2010;13(3) 166-171.