Research Article
Chinese-Language Montreal Cognitive Assessment for Cantonese or Mandarin Speakers: Age, Education, and Gender Effects
Table 1
MoCA-ChLA domains and subitems.
| Primary domain | Test Subitem | Score range |
| Short-term memory | Recall 5 words after 5 min. | 0–5 | Visuospatial construction | Clock drawing | 0–3 | Copying a cube | 0-1 | Executive function | Alternating trail making | 0-1 | Generating animal names | 0-1 | Similarities | 0–2 | Attention and concentration | Digit spans (forward & backward) | 0–2 | Target detection | 0-1 | Five serial subtractions of 7 | 0–3 | Language | Naming 3 animals | 0–3 | Repeating 2 sentences | 0–2 | Temporal and spatial orientation | To time and place | 0–6 |
| Total | | 0–30 |
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