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. 2024 Mar 4;39(6):747–765. doi: 10.1093/arclin/acae013

Table 4.

Reliability of MoCA scores from Time 1 and Time 2 by domain

All ages <50 ≥50 50–59 60–69 70–79 80–89 90+
Normal Impaired All Normal Impaired All Normal Impaired All Normal Impaired All Normal Impaired All Normal Impaired All Normal Impaired All Normal Impaired All
n = 7379 n = 4544 n = 11,923 n = 200 n = 41 n = 241 n = 7179 n = 4503 n = 11,682 n = 532 n = 350 n = 882 n = 2225 n = 1174 n = 3399 n = 2975 n = 1835 n = 4810 n = 1292 n = 1014 n = 2306 n = 155 n = 130 n = 285
Visuospatial/Executive 0.47/0.44 0.67/0.65 0.66/0.59 0.38/0.34 0.82/0.82 0.73/0.54 0.47/0.44 0.67/0.65 0.66/0.59 0.55/0.49 0.77/0.78 0.80/0.73 0.43/0.40 0.67/0.66 0.66/0.57 0.42/0.40 0.63/0.61 0.62/0.55 0.51/0.47 0.66/0.65 0.65/0.60 0.51/0.46 0.62/0.61 0.63/0.58
 Clock total 0.31/0.28 0.55/0.53 0.55/0.48 0.33/0.33 0.66/0.69 0.63/0.54 0.31/0.28 0.55/0.53 0.54/0.48 0.36/0.34 0.65/0.65 0.70/0.63 0.25/0.22 0.56/0.55 0.54/0.47 0.28/0.27 0.50/0.47 0.50/0.44 0.36/0.30 0.55/0.53 0.54/0.49 0.41/0.42 0.50/0.48 0.54/0.51
Naming 0.37/0.38 0.61/0.53 0.58/0.49 0.08/0.17 0.60/0.52 0.46/0.43 0.37/0.38 0.61/0.53 0.58/0.49 0.19/0.20 0.64/0.54 0.60/0.48 0.32/0.32 0.65/0.56 0.60/0.49 0.35/0.36 0.60/0.53 0.55/0.47 0.43/0.44 0.58/0.51 0.57/0.50 0.42/0.42 0.65/0.50 0.59/0.47
Attention 0.48/0.36 0.69/0.62 0.69/0.54 0.05/0.13 0.72/0.72 0.70/0.44 0.49/0.36 0.69/0.62 0.69/0.54 0.45/0.33 0.71/0.69 0.76/0.65 0.48/0.35 0.73/0.65 0.72/0.55 0.46/0.34 0.67/0.59 0.65/0.51 0.53/0.41 0.66/0.56 0.66/0.52 0.48/0.43 0.71/0.64 0.68/0.57
Language 0.50/0.43 0.63/0.62 0.63/0.57 0.46/0.40 0.49/0.52 0.65/0.59 0.50/0.43 0.63/0.62 0.63/0.57 0.41/0.38 0.66/0.66 0.69/0.64 0.50/0.42 0.68/0.66 0.65/0.58 0.50/0.43 0.60/0.58 0.60/0.55 0.53/0.47 0.61/0.59 0.62/0.58 0.43/0.35 0.62/0.61 0.55/0.51
Delayed Recall 0.51/0.49 0.65/0.65 0.71/0.70 0.39/0.38 0.76/0.74 0.63/0.55 0.51/0.49 0.65/0.65 0.71/0.70 0.41/0.38 0.67/0.66 0.73/0.70 0.44/0.43 0.65/0.67 0.69/0.66 0.49/0.48 0.64/0.64 0.70/0.69 0.55/0.53 0.62/0.61 0.69/0.70 0.48/0.48 0.50/0.50 0.62/0.65
Orientation 0.15/0.12 0.75/0.69 0.78/0.61 0.07/0.07 0.76/0.79 0.83/0.66 0.16/0.12 0.75/0.69 0.78/0.61 0.20/0.16 0.70/0.68 0.76/0.70 0.11/0.07 0.72/0.66 0.74/0.57 0.11/0.11 0.73/0.69 0.76/0.60 0.22/0.15 0.80/0.73 0.82/0.63 0.21/0.19 0.81/0.76 0.83/0.68
MoCA-22 Score 0.64/0.57 0.83/0.81 0.86/0.79 0.55/0.52 0.85/0.85 0.87/0.68 0.64/0.57 0.83/0.81 0.86/0.79 0.60/0.49 0.84/0.85 0.89/0.80 0.60/0.55 0.84/0.81 0.86/0.76 0.61/0.56 0.81/0.79 0.84/0.78 0.66/0.57 0.84/0.82 0.86/0.79 0.67/0.61 0.85/0.82 0.85/0.81
MoCA Total score 0.69/0.63 0.85/0.83 0.88/0.82 0.61/0.57 0.89/0.88 0.89/0.72 0.69/0.63 0.85/0.83 0.88/0.82 0.67/0.57 0.86/0.86 0.91/0.84 0.63/0.60 0.86/0.83 0.88/0.79 0.66/0.60 0.84/0.81 0.87/0.80 0.73/0.63 0.87/0.84 0.88/0.82 0.76/0.70 0.90/0.84 0.90/0.86
Days between assessments
 Mean 459.9 439.4 452.1 526.9 452.6 514.3 458 439.3 450.8 584.8 452.8 532.4 471.9 447.9 463.6 438.2 439 438.5 429.3 427.6 428.6 442.2 420.1 432.1
SD 184 159.1 175.2 189.2 211.5 194.7 183.6 158.6 174.6 244.1 164.4 225.4 187.7 156.5 177.9 165.5 159.7 163.3 163.9 155.1 160 170.5 167.1 169

Note: Cell values on the left and right indicate Pearson’s and Spearman’s correlation coefficients, respectively.