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 domainTest SubitemScore range

Short-term memoryRecall 5 words after 5 min.0–5
Visuospatial constructionClock drawing0–3
Copying a cube0-1
Executive functionAlternating trail making0-1
Generating animal names0-1
Similarities0–2
Attention and concentrationDigit spans (forward & backward)0–2
Target detection0-1
Five serial subtractions of 70–3
LanguageNaming 3 animals0–3
Repeating 2 sentences0–2
Temporal and spatial orientationTo time and place0–6

Total0–30