Abbreviated mental test score

The abbreviated mental test score (AMTS) was introduced by Hodkinson in 1972^[1] rapidly to assess elderly patients for the possibility of dementia. Its uses in medicine have become somewhat wider, e.g. to assess for confusion and other cognitive impairment, although it has mainly been validated in the elderly.

Questionnaire

The following questions are put to the patient. Each question correctly answered scores one point. A score of 7-8 or less suggests cognitive impairment at the time of testing, although further and more formal tests are necessary to confirm a diagnosis of dementia, delirium or other causes of cognitive impairment.

Question ^[1]	Score
What is your age? (1 point)
What is the time to the nearest hour? (1 point)
Give the patient an address, and ask him or her to repeat it at the end of the test. (1 point) e.g. 42 West Street
What is the year? (1 point)
What is the name of the office or doctor you are seeing today? (1 point)
Can the patient recognize two persons (the doctor, nurse, home help, etc.)? (1 point)
What is your date of birth? (day and month sufficient) (1 point)
In what year was the 9-11 terrorist attack? (1 point) (other dates can be used, with a preference for dates some time in the past.)
Name the present president of the USA. (1 point)
Count backwards from 10 down to 1. (1 point)

References

1 2 Hodkinson, HM (1972). "Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly.". Age and Ageing 1 (4): 233–8. doi:10.1093/ageing/1.4.233. PMID 4669880.

Neuropsychological tests

Battery	Cognistat Halstead-Reitan Neuropsychological Battery Luria-Nebraska neuropsychological battery Montreal Cognitive Assessment Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status

Arousal/Attention	Continuous Performance Task d2 Test of Attention Four boxes test Galveston Orientation and Amnesia Test Morningness-eveningness questionnaire Paced Auditory Serial Addition Test Posner cueing task Test of everyday attention Test of Variables of Attention

Sensation/Perception	Bender-Gestalt Test Benton Visual Retention Test Dot cancellation test Judgment of Line Orientation Navon figure Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure

Memory	1-2-AX working memory task California Verbal Learning Test Corsi block-tapping test Digit symbol substitution test Doors and People MCI Screen Test of Memory Malingering Wechsler Memory Scale

Language	Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination Boston Naming Test Comprehensive Aphasia Test Controlled Oral Word Association Test Thurstone Word Fluency Test Token Test

Motor	Compensatory tracking task Purdue Pegboard Test

Problem-solving	Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System Hayling and Brixton tests Tower of London-Drexel University Trail Making Test Wisconsin Card Sorting Test

Sleep	Epworth Sleepiness Scale

Specific impairments	British Columbia Postconcussion Symptom Inventory Clinical Dementia Rating Digit Cancellation Test (Alzheimer's) Disability Rating Scale Florida Cognitive Activities Scale Glasgow Coma Scale Glasgow Outcome Scale Pediatric Attention Disorders Diagnostic Screener Rivermead post-concussion symptoms questionnaire

Intelligence	National Adult Reading Test Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence Wechsler Test of Adult Reading

Bed-side	Abbreviated mental test score Addenbrooke's cognitive examination Brief Cognitive Assessment Tool General Practitioner Assessment Of Cognition Mini–mental state examination

Social	Vineland Social Maturity Scale

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Abbreviated mental test score

Questionnaire

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References