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Table 7 Overview of the psychometric properties for pencil and paper tests validated in a population-based cohort for MCI

From: Brief cognitive screening instruments for early detection of Alzheimer’s disease: a systematic review

Instrument

Number of articles*

N

healthy controls

N

MCI

n

Sensitivity

Specificity

n

AUC

n

Internal consistency

n

Inter-rater reliability

n

Test-retest reliability (mean time between tests)

BCAT

1

49

26

75

81

80

75

90

      

MoCA

7

11,738

4365

16,103

82.6

85.6

15,919

89.1

15,595

0.89

  

840

0.92 (6–35 days)

  1. *When more than 1 study is available, the weighted mean is calculated for the sensitivity, specificity, AUC, internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, and test-retest reliability