Mini Cog screen for dementia

by Mark Morgan on June 16, 2010

in Geriatrics

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Summary:  The Mini Cog is a very easy dementia screening tool.  If you have less time, you could just have them draw the clock.  If you have more time, you could do the full Folstein here.
Reference:  Am Fam Physician. 2009 Mar 15;79(6):497-500.

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  • maintained at soapnote.org. Directions:
    Step 1: Ask the patient to repeat 3 unrelated words such as “ball,” “dog,” and “television.”
    Step 2: Ask the patient to draw a simple clock set to 10 minutes after eleven o’clock (11:10). A correct response is drawing the a circle with the numbers in approximately the right positions and hands pointing to 11 and 2.
    Step 3: Ask the patient to recall the three words.

Result - Paste this into your EHR:

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