Abstract
Objective
To validate subgroups of cognitive impairment on the Montreal Cognitive Assessment
(MoCA)—defined as normal (score of 25-30), mildly impaired (score of 20-24), and moderately
impaired (score less than 19)—by determining whether they differ in rehabilitation
gain during inpatient stroke rehabilitation.
Design
Observational study. Linear regression models were conducted and predictors included
MoCA subgroups and relevant baseline demographic and clinical covariates. Separate
models included the cognitive subscale of the FIM instrument as a predictor.
Setting
Inpatient rehabilitation facility of an urban, academic medical center.
Participants
Inpatients (N=334) with mild-moderate strokes who were administered the MoCA on admission.
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures
The mean relative functional gain (mRFG) and mean relative functional efficiency (mRFE,
which adjusts for length of stay) on the FIM total.
Results
MoCA subgroups significantly predicted mRFG and mRFE after accounting for age, sex,
education, stroke severity, and recurrent vs first stroke. The normal group exhibited
greater mRFG and mRFE than the mildly impaired group, while the moderately impaired
group had significantly worse mRFG and mRFE than the mildly impaired group. The moderately
impaired group had a significantly smaller proportion of individuals who made a clinically
meaningful change on the total-FIM than the mildly impaired and normal groups. MoCA
subgroups better accounted for mRFG and mRFE than a standard-of-care cognitive assessment
(cognitive-FIM).
Conclusions
Use of MoCA-defined subgroups can assist providers in predicting functional gain in
survivors of stroke being treated in inpatient rehabilitation.
Keywords
List of abbreviations:
MCID (minimum clinically important difference), MoCA (Montreal Cognitive Assessment), mRFE (mean relative functional efficiency), mRFG (mean relative functional gain), NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: September 10, 2019
Footnotes
Supported by the Peter Jay Sharp Foundation and in part by the Clinical and Translational Science Center, National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (grant no. UL1-TR000457-06).
Clinical Trial Registration No: NCT02876783.
Disclosures: none.
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