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Time and Change Test
Aka: Time and Change Test
- See Also
- Mental Status Consolidated Screening
- Mental Status Screening
- Indications
- Dementia Screening
- Technique: Time and Change Test
- Show patient a clock face set to 11:10 and ask the time
- Time the response and allow for up to one minute
- Allow patient 2 tries for a correct response
- Change making
- Set patient up with supply of loose change
- Quarters: 3
- Dimes: 7
- Nickels: 7
- Ask patient to put together one dollar in change
- Time the response and allow up to two minutes
- Better sensitivity if limit response to 12 seconds
- Allow patient 2 tries for a correct response
- Interpretation
- Negative: Correct response on both tests
- Positive: Incorrect response on either test
- Requires complete Dementia screening
- References
- Froehlich (1998) J Am Geriatr Soc 46:1506-11 [PubMed]