Effects of Sociodemographic Variables and Depressive Symptoms on MoCA Test Performance in Native Germans and Turkish Migrants in Germany

Görkem Anapa, Mandy Roheger, Ümran Sema Seven, Hannah Liebermann-Jordanidis, Oezguer A. Onur, Josef Kessler and Elke Kalbe
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Görkem Anapa: Neuropsychology and Gender Studies & Center for Neuropsychological Diagnostics and Intervention (CeNDI), Department of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Mandy Roheger: Department of Neurology, University Medicine Greifswald, 17489 Greifswald, Germany
Ümran Sema Seven: Neuropsychology and Gender Studies & Center for Neuropsychological Diagnostics and Intervention (CeNDI), Department of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Hannah Liebermann-Jordanidis: Neuropsychology and Gender Studies & Center for Neuropsychological Diagnostics and Intervention (CeNDI), Department of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Oezguer A. Onur: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Josef Kessler: Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Elke Kalbe: Neuropsychology and Gender Studies & Center for Neuropsychological Diagnostics and Intervention (CeNDI), Department of Medical Psychology, Faculty of Medicine and University Hospital of Cologne, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 12, 1-10

Abstract: The validity of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) in migrants is questionable, as sociodemographic factors and the migration process may influence performance. Our aim was to evaluate possible predictors (age, education, sex, depression, and migration) of MoCA results in Turkish migrants and Germans living in Germany. Linear regression models were conducted with a German ( n = 419), a Turkish ( n = 133), and an overall sample. All predictor analyses reached statistical significance. For the German sample, age, sex, education, and depression were significant predictors, whereas education was the only predictor for Turkish migrants. For the overall sample, having no migration background and higher education were significant predictors. Migration background and education had an impact on MoCA performance in a sample of German and Turkish individuals living in Germany. Thus, culture-specific normative data for the MoCA are needed, and the development of culture-sensitive cognitive screening tools is encouraged.

Keywords: Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA); cognition; Turkish migrants; predictors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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