Table 3.
MoCA subtest scores for all patients and for those with normal versus low (<8) AMTS, and with versus without delirium/dementia diagnosis
| MoCA subtest/maximum subtest score | Subtest details | All patients | Normal AMTS | Low AMTS (<8) | p normal vs. low AMTS | No delirium/dementia diagnosis | Delirium/dementia diagnosis | p no vs. delirium/dementia diagnosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visuo-executive/5a | Trail B test, cube copy, clock drawing | 2.3/1.5 | 3.0/1.3 | 1.4/1.2 | <0.0001 | 2.6/1.6 | 1.7/1.2 | <0.0001 |
| Naming/3b | Confrontation naming (lion, hippo, camel) | 2.5/0.8 | 2.8/0.5 | 2.3/1.0 | <0.0001 | 2.5/0.7 | 2.4/0.9 | 0.28 |
| Digit span/2 | Forward (5 digits), backward (3 digits) | 1.6/0.6 | 1.8/0.4 | 1.3/0.7 | <0.0001 | 1.7/0.5 | 1.4/0.6 | 0.001 |
| Attention/1 | Tapping at the letter A in a list of letters | 0.5/0.5 | 0.7/0.5 | 0.3/0.5 | <0.0001 | 0.5/0.5 | 0.4/0.5 | 0.14 |
| Calculation/3 | Serial 7 subtractions | 1.6/1.2 | 2.1/1.0 | 1.0/1.1 | <0.0001 | 1.7/1.2 | 1.4/1.2 | 0.11 |
| Repetition/2 | Repetition of 2 complex sentences | 1.0/0.8 | 1.2/0.7 | 0.8/0.8 | 0.002 | 1.2/0.8 | 0.8/0.8 | 0.001 |
| Verbal fluency/1 | >11 words beginning with F in 1 min | 0.3/0.4 | 0.4/0.5 | 0.1/0.3 | <0.0001 | 0.4/0.5 | 0.2/0.4 | 0.007 |
| Abstraction/2 | Similarities e.g. train and bicycle = “transport” | 1.0/0.8 | 1.3/0.7 | 0.7/0.7 | <0.0001 | 1.2/0.7 | 0.8/0.8 | <0.0001 |
| Recall/5 | Recall a list of 5 words | 0.8/1.3 | 1.2/1.4 | 0.3/0.8 | <0.0001 | 1.0/1.4 | 0.4/1.0 | 0.004 |
| Orientation/6 | Orientation to place and time | 4.0/1.7 | 5.0/1.1 | 2.8/1.6 | <0.0001 | 4.5/1.4 | 3.2/1.9 | 0.006 |
| Verbal fluency | Number of F words in 1 min | 7.0/4.6 | 11.4/5.1 | 8.0/4.2 | <0.0001 | 8.0/4.6 | 5.6/4.2 | 0.001 |
Figures are means/SD or numbers (%).
a
n = 20 patients with visual or drawing problems excluded.
b
n = 12 patients with visual problems excluded.