Table 2 MoCA scale and its different domains in patients with multiple sclerosis and controls
From: Assessment of cognitive functions in patients with multiple sclerosis
MoCA domains | Patients (n = 50) | Controls (n = 50) | t test | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Range | Mean ± SD | Range | Mean ± SD | t | p value | |
Visuospatial | 2–5 | 4.22 ± 0.89 | 4–5 | 4.86 ± 0.35 | − 4.86 |  < 0.001 |
Naming | 1–3 | 2.8 ± 0.45 | 3 | 3.0 ± 0.0 | − 3.1 | 0.003 |
Memory | 1–5 | 3.12 ± 1.29 | 3–5 | 4.36 ± 0.52 | − 6.28 |  < 0.001 |
Attention | 1–6 | 4.16 ± 1.78 | 4–6 | 5.4 ± 0.57 | − 4.61 |  < 0.001 |
Language | 1–3 | 2.5 ± 0.54 | 2–3 | 2.78 ± 0.42 | − 2.81 | 0.006 |
Abstraction | 1–2 | 1.84 ± 0.37 | 1–2 | 1.98 ± 0.14 | − 2.46 | 0.015 |
Orientation | 5–6 | 5.88 ± 0.33 | 6 | 6.0 ± 0.0 | − 2.56 | 0.012 |
Total MoCA | 14–30 | 24.58 ± 4.29 | 27–30 | 28.14 ± 0.73 | − 5.73 |  < 0.001 |