Cognitive Assessment Tools
NEW COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT TOOL
The Mental Status Questionaire(MSQ) and the Mini
Mental Status Examination(MMSE) have been used to assess cognitive
impairment in elders for many years. Researchers at St Louis University
have developed a new tool(Saint Louis University Mental Status
Examination- or SLUMS).
They tested more than 700 men over 60 and found that SLUMS was more successful at identifying those with early dementia.
Each of these tools can be used but should be complimented by clinical
observation and assessment along with appropriate neuropsychological
testing.
Read an article in the November, 2006 issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Following is the new assessment tool(SLUMS).
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