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Furthermore, we aimed to determine the likelihood that shunted patients will demonstrate significant improvement on the MoCA, and to identify possible predictors of this improvement.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 224) presenting with symptoms of iNPH were given a MoCA assessment at their first clinic visit, and also before and after tap test (TT) or extended lumbar drainage (ELD). Patients who were determined to be good candidates for shunts (<jats:italic>N<\/jats:italic> = 71, 31.7%) took another MoCA assessment following shunt insertion. Reliable change thresholds for MoCA were derived using baseline visit to pre-TT\/ELD assessment using nine different methodologies. Baseline characteristics of patients whose post-shunt MoCA did and did not exceed the reliable change threshold were compared.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>All nine of reliable change methods indicated that a 5-point increase in MoCA would be reliable for patients with a baseline MoCA from 16 to 22 (38.4% of patients). Furthermore, a majority of reliable change methods indicated that a 5-point increase in MoCA would be reliable for patients with a baseline MoCA from 14 to 25. Reliable change thresholds varied across methods from 4 to 7 points for patients outside of this range. 10.1% had at least a 5-point increase from baseline to post-TT\/ELD. Compared to patients who did not receive a shunt, patients who received a shunt did not have lower average MoCA at baseline (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.88) or have better improvement in MoCA scores after the tap test (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.17). Among shunted patients, 23.4% improved by at least 5 points on the MoCA from baseline to post-shunt. Time since onset of memory problems and post-TT\/ELD gait function were the only clinical factors significantly associated with having a reliable change in MoCA after shunt insertion (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.019; <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 0.03, respectively).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>In patients with iNPH, clinicians could consider using a threshold of 5 points for determining whether iNPH-symptomatic patients have experienced cognitive benefits from cerebrospinal fluid drainage at an individual level. 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