Mini-Cog.
Mini-Cog
- What it measures
- Ultra-brief dementia screen; 3-word registration/recall + Clock Drawing Test
- Length and format
- 2 components (3-item recall + clock), scored 0-5. clinician-administered (recall + drawing), scored (clinician-rated/interview)
- Language versions
- Many incl. ES, ZH, PT, multiple Asian/European languages; low-literacy adaptations
- Normative data
- Normative data for this instrument is held in our reference library. The per-population breakdown is not published here.
- Licence
- copyrighted - author permission
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- Reference
- Borson S, et al. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2000;15(11):1021-1027. mini-cog.com
Choosing between this and the alternatives
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