List of screening tests reviewed (alphabetically by abbreviation)
| Abbreviation | Test name | Admin time (min) | Source ref | Reliability coefficients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internal consistency | Inter-rater | Test–retest | ||||
| NR Not reported. | ||||||
| *Wholly or partly informant-rated. | ||||||
| †Telephone administered. | ||||||
| ‡Borson (2005, personal communication). | ||||||
| 3MS | Modified Mini-Mental State Examination | 10–15 | Teng23 | 0.8224 | 0.8525 | |
| 3WR | Three Word Recall | 3–4 | Kuslansky26 | |||
| 7MS | 7-Minute Screen | 7–15 | Solomon27 | 0.9327 | 0.9127 | |
| ABCS | AB Cognitive Screen | 3–5 | Molloy28 | |||
| ACE-R | Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination—Revised | 16 | Mioshi29 | 0.8029 | ||
| AMT | Abbreviated Mental Test | 5 | Hodkinson30 | |||
| BAS | Brief Alzheimer Screen | <5 | Mendiondo31 | |||
| BCS* | Brief Cognitive Scale | NR | Krishnan32 | 0.9332 | ||
| CASI | Cognitive Abilities Screening Instrument | 15–20 | Teng33 | |||
| CAST | Cognitive Assessment Screening Test | 15 | Drachman34 | 0.8235 | 0.7735 | |
| CCSE | Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination | NR | Kaufman36 | |||
| CDT | Clock drawing test | 2 | Sunderland37 | 0.9338 | 0.9838 | 0.8638 |
| DECO* | Deterioration Cognitive Observée | NR | Ritchie39 | 0.8739 | 0.9239 | |
| DemTect | DemTect | 8–10 | Kalbe40 | 0.9940 | ||
| DQ* | Dementia Questionnaire | 20 | Silverman41 | 0.83–0.9642,43 | ||
| GPCOG* | General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition | 5 | Brodaty44 | 0.80–0.8444 | 0.56–0.7544 | 0.84–0.8744 |
| HVLT | Hopkins Verbal Learning Test | 10 | Brandt45 | |||
| IQCODE* | Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly | 10–12 | Jorm46 | 0.9546 | 0.75–0.9647 | |
| IQCODE-SF* | Informant Questionnaire on Cognitive Decline in the Elderly—Short Form | <10 | Jorm48 | 0.48–0.8848 | ||
| MCAS† | Minnesota Cognitive Acuity Screen | <20 | Knopman49 | 0.9149 | ||
| Mini-Cog | Mini-Cog | 3–4 | Borson50 | 0.96–0.97‡ | ||
| MIS | Memory Impairment Screen | 4 | Buschke51 | 0.6751 | ||
| MMSE | Mini-Mental State Examination | 8–13 | Folstein9 | 0.839 | 0.899 | |
| Mont | Montpellier Screen | NR | Artero52 | |||
| NCSE | Neurobehavioral Cognitive Status Examination (also known as Cognistat) | 10–20 | Kiernan53 | |||
| R-CAMCOG | Rotterdam Version of the Cambridge Cognitive Examination | 10 | De Koning54 | |||
| RDST | Rapid Dementia Screening Test | 3–5 | Kalbe55 | 0.9356 | ||
| SASSI | Short and Sweet Screening Instrument | 10–15 | Belle57 | |||
| SDS* | Symptoms of Dementia Screener | 5 | Mundt58 | 0.8058 | ||
| SIS | Six Item Screener | 5 | Callahan59 | |||
| SMQ* | Short Memory Questionnaire | 5 | Koss60 | 0.8560 | 0.9961 | |
| S-OMC | Short Orientation Memory Concentration Test (AKA 6-CIT, AKA Short Blessed Test) | 5 | Katzman62 | 0.77–0.8363–65 | ||
| SPMSQ | Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire | 5 | Pfeiffer66 | 0.8266 | ||
| STMS | Short Test of Mental Status | 5 | Kokmen67 | |||
| T&C | Time and Change | 1 | Froehlich68 | 1.0068 | 0.8368 | |
| TICS-M† | Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status-Modified | 5–10 | Breitner69 | 0.9770 | ||
| TMT | Trail making Test | 5 | Reitan71 | |||
| VFC | Verbal Fluency–Categories | 3 | Isaacs72 | 0.9073 | ||
| WORLD | Modified WORLD Test | 1 | Leopold74 | |||