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Orientation-Memory-Concentration
Test
Short Blessed Test (SDT) |
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Instruction:
Score 1 error for each incorrect response, to maximum for
each item.
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What year is it now? |
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What month is it now?
Repeat this phrase:
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About what time is it? (within one hour) |
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Count backwards 20 to 1 |
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Say the months in reverse order |
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Repeat the phrase just given |
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Total error score = _____/28
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References
Katzman R, Brown T, Fuld P, Peck A, Schechter
R, Schimmel H. “Validation of a short Orientation-Memory-Concentration
Test of cognitive impairment.”
Am
J Psychiatry. 1983;140;734-739.
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