Abbreviated Mental Test Score.
AMTS
- What it measures
- Rapid cognitive impairment screen in older adults - orientation, memory, attention/concentration, recall
- Length and format
- 10, total 0-10. performance - examiner-administered brief questions (performance/ability test)
- Language versions
- Widely translated - many European and Asian languages (approx 20+ langs)
- Normative data
- No normative data held in our reference library for this instrument. That is a statement about our library, not about the published literature.
- Licence
- public-domain / open
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- Reference
- Hodkinson HM. Evaluation of a mental test score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly. Age Ageing. 1972;1(4):233-238.
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