Sweet 16
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Clinical significance
- sensitivity > MMSE, specificity < MMSE
- faster to administer than MMSE
- no need for paper & pencil
- does not adequately screen for the cognitive deficits in subcortical dementias like AIDS dementia & Parkinson dementia
Procedure
- takes 2-3 minutes to administer
- orientation (8 items)
- attention (2 items)
- memory: 3 registration; 3 delayed memory items
More general terms
References
- ↑ Fong TG et al. Development and validation of a brief cognitive assessment tool: The Sweet 16. Arch Intern Med 2011 Mar 14; 171:432. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21059967