The Clock-in-the-Box, a brief cognitive screen, is associated with failure to return home in an elderly hospitalized sample.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Cognitive screening upon hospital admission can provide important information about the patient's ability to process information during the inpatient stay. The Clock-in-the-Box (CIB) is a rapidly administered cognitive screening measure which has been previously validated with cognitive screening and neuropsychological assessments. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the predictive validity of the CIB for discharge location among a sample of older medical inpatients.

Patients and methods

Hospitalized Veterans (N=218), aged 55 years and older, were recruited on the day after admission after they gave their consent. These participants completed the CIB, the Montreal Cognitive Assessment, and self-report measures of daily functioning. Using logistic regression m

SUBMITTER: Jackson CE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5125981 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature