Modifying the Mini-Cog to Screen for Cognitive Impairment in Nonliterate Individuals.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Mini-Cog, a rapid, valid, and reliable screening tool for cognitive impairment, consists of 3-word recall and an executive clock drawing test (CDT). However, CDT requires at least basic literacy and cultural exposure to analog clocks, conditions not met in many population groups around the world. We developed a modification of the Mini-Cog (MMC) for use with nonliterate and literate individuals.

Methods

Participants were adults (≥60 years) with no neurological diagnosis, with known cognitive impairment due to stroke, Parkinsonism, traumatic brain injury, or Alzheimer's disease, and whose family members were able to read and write. We replaced the CDT with two tasks of everyday life: a serial subtraction task or a multistep performance task. Family members rate

SUBMITTER: Adhikari SP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8384546 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature