II. Indications
- Dementia Screening in primary care
III. Background
- Six question test can be completed within 4 minutes
- Formulated from a regression analysis of the Blessed Information Memory Concentration (BIMC)
- Kingshill Version 2000 Rights are owned by Kingshill Research Centre in Swindon, UK
- Medical providers are allowed free usage
IV. Questions (correct answers are assigned 0 points)
- What year is it?
- Score 4 points if incorrect
- What month is it?
- Score 3 points if incorrect
- Remember an address with 5 components (e.g. Bill, Johnson, 67, Hill Street, Chicago)
- Will be asked later
- About what time is it (within 1 hour)?
- Score 3 points if incorrect
- Count backwards from 20 to 1
- Score 2 points for 1 error
- Score 4 points for more than 1 error
- Say months of the year in reverse
- Score 2 points for 1 error
- Score 4 points for more than 1 error
- Repeat the address with the 5 components (see above)
- Score 2 points for 1 error
- Score 4 points for 2 errors
- Score 6 points for 3 errors
- Score 8 points for 4 errors
- Score 10 points for 5 errors (all incorrect)
V. Interpretation: Based on total score (0 to 28)
- Normal Score: 0 to 7 Points
- Score suggestive of Dementia: 8 or more
VI. Efficacy
- Test Sensitivity: 90% (78% in mild Dementia)
- Test Specificity: 100%
VII. Resources
- Six Item Cognitive Impairment Test (6CIT) PDF
- PatientPlus 6CIT Calculator