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The Abbreviated Mental Test

The Abbreviated Mental Test is a commonly used screening tool in the UK, to identify cognitive impairment in older people. The tool on its own does not diagnose that a person has delirium or dementia but results will suggest that cognitive impairment is present and that further examination is required. The Abbreviated Mental Test is also used over the course of a patient’s stay in hospital to monitor improvement or deterioration in their cognitive function.

Score 1 point for each correct answer (no half marks)
Final score 0–3 is suggestive of severe impairment; 4–7 moderate impairment; 8 and above is suggestive of normal cognitive function.
If a person scores 7 or below then use the Confusion Assessment Method to determine whether the person has delirium. Keep it in mind also that the person may have dementia or delirium and dementia together.

See Hodkinson HM. 1972. Evaluation of a mental score for assessment of mental impairment in the elderly. Age and Ageing 1: 233–8

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