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Instruments to Detect Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults

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AB Cognitive Screen

Abbreviation: 
ABCS
Administration Method: 
Notes: 
Verbal instructions, paper and pencil (305)
Administration Time: 
Notes: 
3-5 min (137, 126)
Level of Expertise to Administer: 
Cost: 
Measures Change Over Time: 
No
Sample Source: 
Target Age Range: 
85+
Notes: 
Participants were included if they were age 55 years or older and were able to communicate verbally in English. Mean age 76 (305); Mean age 78 (137).
Diagnoses: 
Education Level Required to Understand Test:
No information identified
Special Population Samples: 
Cognitive Domains Assessed: 
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References

Original Source Reference: 
Reference Number Citation PMID DOI
137 Do the ABCS 135 short cognitive screen and its subtests discriminate between normal cognition, mild cognitive impairment and dementia? Standish TI, Molloy DW, Cunje A, Lewis DL Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2007 Mar;22(3):189-94. 16977680 10.1002/gps.1659
126 A review of screening tests for cognitive impairment. Cullen B, O'Neill B, Evans JJ, Coen RF, Lawlor BA J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2007 Aug;78(8):790-9. Epub 2006 Dec 18. 17178826 10.1136/jnnp.2006.095414