Six-Item Screener to Identify Cognitive Impairment Among Potential Subjects for Clinical Research

20021,490 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Christopher M. Callahan · Regenstrief Institute

Abstract

The six-item screener is a brief and reliable instrument for identifying subjects with cognitive impairment and its diagnostic properties are comparable to the full MMSE. It can be administered by telephone or face-to-face interview and is easily scored by a simple summation of errors.

Topics & Keywords

Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Health disparities and outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Medical Care

Volume 40, Issue 9, pp. 771-781

DOI: 10.1097/00005650-200209000-00007

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