Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA)

The aim of this research project is to develop a systematic plan of studies to validate the Portuguese version of the MoCA (Version 7.1) for the brief cognitive evaluation of patients with Epilepsy, thus providing the conditions for a rigorous use of this test in the identification of cognitive dysfunction in these patients. Epilepsy patients will be recruited at the Neurology Clinic of the Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra (Coimbra) and at the Neurology Clinic of the Centro Hospitalar de São João (Porto) (N=180). The diagnosis will be established by a multidisciplinary team consensus according to the international classification (Shorvon, 2011).