A proposal for virtual, telephone-based preoperative cognitive assessment in older adults undergoing elective surgery

ConclusionPreoperative cognitive assessment of older adults using T-MoCA over the phone is easy to perform by clinicians and had a high completion rate by patients. This test is feasible for virtual assessments. Further research is needed to better define validity and correlation with postoperative outcomes.
Source: Perioperative Medicine - Category: Surgery Source Type: research