Resources for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment based
Proactive and Personalised Primary Care of the Elderly
miniCOG
Purpose : instrument to screen for cognitive impairment in older adults
Admin time : 5-10 min.
User Friendly : High
Administered by: Healthcare provider
Content : A 3-item recall component is combined with a simplified Clock Drawing Test (CDT
Author : Borson S, 2003
Copyright : Public domain
Clinical Use
Universities/Foundations/Health Professionals/Hospitals/Clinics/Public Health Institutes:
Mini-Cog© may be used, reproduced, and distributed WITHOUT permission. The test should be made available free of charge to patients.
Educational Use
Universities/Foundations/Health Professionals/Hospitals/Clinics/Public Health Institutes:
Mini-Cog© may be used, reproduced, and distributed WITHOUT permission. The test should be made available free of charge to patients. Written permission and Licensing Agreement is required if funded by commercial entity or pharma.
Language Accessibility
The miniCOG is available in several other languages
miniCOG
miniCOG Administration and Scoring
This Tool is used in Cognitive Decline
Back To : Cognitive Decline
Cognitive Decline is one of 4 sub-domains of the
Psychological Assessment
Back To : Psychological Assessment
The PsychologicalAssessment is one of 8 domains of the
Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA)
Back To : Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment
