Screening for cognitive impairment in systemic lupus erythematosus: Application of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in a Greek patient sample

CONCLUSION: The MoCA is an easily applied tool, which appears to be reliable for identifying CI in SLE patients. The standard cutoff score (26/30) ensures excellent sensitivity while lower cutoff scores (22-23/30) may, also, provide higher specificity.PMID:34861804 | DOI:10.1177/09612033211061062

Source: Lupus - December 4, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Emmanouil Papastefanakis Georgia Dimitraki Georgia Ktistaki Antonis Fanouriakis Penny Karamaouna Achilles Bardos Ioannis Kallitsakis Christina Adamichou Irini Gergianaki Argyro Repa George Bertsias Prodromos Sidiropoulos Evangelos Karademas Panagiotis Sim Source Type: research