Brief Neurocognitive Assessment

Instructions: click in the circles indicated for each item (e.g., right / wrong).

DATE      TIME (24hr) 

Ask the following questions:

right / wrong

Orientation to Person:
[]   [] 1. What is your last name?
[]   [] 2. What is your first name?
[]   [] 3. What is your birthday?
[]   [] 4. What is your birth year?
[]   [] 5. How old are you?    PERSON

Recollection of personal information:
[]   [] 6. In what county/city were you born?
[]   [] 7. In what state (country if not US) were you born?
[]   [] 8. What is your mother's maiden name?
[]   [] 9. How far did you go in school (years of education)?
[]   [] 10. What is your address (or phone number)?    PERSONAL HISTORY

Orientation to place:
[]   [] 11. What is the name of this clinic (place)?
[]   [] 12. What floor are we on?
[]   [] 13. What city are we in?
[]   [] 14. What county are we in?
[]   [] 15. What state are we in?    PLACE

Orientation to time:
[]   [] 16. What is today's date? (exact only)
[]   [] 17. What is the month?
[]   [] 18. What is the year?
[]   [] 19. What day of the week is today?
[]   [] 20. What season is it?    TIME/DATE

Recollection of historical information (PRESIDENTS)
[]   [] 21. Who is the President of the US?
[]   [] 22. Who was the President before him?
[]   [] 23. Who was the President before him?
[]   [] 24. Who was the first President of the US?
[]   [] 25. Name another US President?    PRESIDENTS:

Get the participant's attention, then say: "I am going to say five words that
I want you to remember now and later. The words are:

              SHIRT    SPOON    CHAIR    LAMP    HOUSE

Please say them for me now"

(Give the participant 3 tries to repeat the words. If unable after 3 tries, go to next
item.)

right / wrong
[]  /  [ ]   "SHIRT"
[]  /  [ ]   "SPOON"
[]  /  [ ]   "CHAIR"
[]  /  [ ]   "LAMP"
[]  /  [ ]   "HOUSE"    REPEATING 5 WORDS:

SAY: In one minute, tell me as many animals as you can think of, Ready, GO:
(click to start 60 second clock ->) []


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CATEGORY FLUENCY 

SAY: "What were the five words I asked you to remember?"

  right / wrong
[]  /  [ ]   "SHIRT"
[]  /  [ ]   "SPOON"
[]  /  [ ]   "CHAIR"
[]  /  [ ]   "LAMP"
[]  /  [ ]   "HOUSE"    REPEATING 5 WORDS:

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Start TIME (24hr):      Current TIME (24hr):      Total Time (seconds): 

RESULTS:    

  0 -    5     normal, depending on age, education, complaints
  6 -  10     possible impairment
11 -  20     mild impairment
21 -  30     moderate impairment
31 -  40     severe impairment
41 -  50     profound/complete impairment

Note that this is a continuum of approximate descriptions, not a rigid classification.

Based on the Brief Alzheimer Screen (BAS)
Developed by Marta Mendiondo, Ph.D., Wes Ashford, M.D., Ph.D., Richard Kryscio, Ph.D., Frederick A. Schmitt, Ph.D.
J Alzheimers Dis. 2003 Dec 5:391-398.
ABSTRACT  -    PDF

See this link for powerpoint slides of Dementia and Alzheimer Screening, with BAS data.
See this link for earlier neuropsychiatric examination elements:
See this link for review of dementia and memory screening tests:
See this link for journal article addressing need for dementia screening.

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