II. Indications
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Dementia Screening
- If screening positive, use other tools for Dementia Diagnosis
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Delirium Screening
- Part of Confusion Assessment Method
III. Background
- Three minute Dementia Screening, testing 3 word recall and clock face drawing
IV. Criteria: Questions
- Step 1: Patient repeats 3 unrelated words (e.g. ball, dog, television)
- Step 2: Patient draws a clock face showing 11:10
- See Clock Drawing Test
- Correct response is a circle with 2 hands - one on the 11 and the other on the 2
- Step 3: Patient recalls the 3 words from step 1. One point for each item remembered correctly
V. Interpretation: Positive Screen
- Abnormal Clock Drawing Test and less than 3 items recalled correctly OR
- No items recalled correctly
VI. Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 76%
- Test Specificity: 73 to 89%