MiniCog
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Indications
- assessment of dementia
Procedure
- combines clock test with recall of 3 items
- clock test serves as a distractor for recall of the 3 items.
Time required: 3 minutes
Interpretation
- one point for each corrected recalled item = 3 points
- up to 2 points for clock test
- maximum score = 5
- score - 3-5 is a negative screen for dementia
Notes
- alternative to proprietary MMSE & MoCA
- 0.91 sensitivity & 0.86 specificity for dementia[4]
More general terms
References
- ↑ Sloane PD Key Issues in the Primary Care of Alzheimer's disease In: Facilitating Diagnosis and Management of Alzheimer's Disease in the Primary Care Setting Internal Medicine World Report 20(11) suppl Nov, 2005
- ↑ Borson S, Scanlan JM, Chen P, Ganguli M. The Mini-Cog as a screen for dementia: validation in a population-based sample. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003 Oct;51(10):1451-4. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14511167
- ↑ Borson S, Scanlan JM, Watanabe J, Tu SP, Lessig M. Simplifying detection of cognitive impairment: comparison of the Mini-Cog and Mini-Mental State Examination in a multiethnic sample. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15877567
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tsoi KK et al Cognitive Tests to Detect Dementia. A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA Intern Med. Published online June 08, 2015. <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26052687 <Internet> http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleID=2301149
- ↑ Mini-Cog: A screening tool for early mental decline Bay Area Medical Information http://www.bami.us/Neuro/MiniCog.html
- ↑ http://geriatrics.uthscsa.edu/tools/MINICog.pdf