TABLE 2.

Domains Assessed by 11 Screening Instruments

	BCRS	BDS	CCSE	CLS	DAT	FROMAJE	CDS	MMSE	CDR	MSQ	SPMSQ
Abstraction			✓		✓	✓	✓
Affect		✓			✓	✓	✓
Attention span		✓	✓				✓	✓			✓
Concentration	✓	✓					✓
Consciousness	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓			✓
Construction ability					✓		✓	✓
Functional ability	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓
General knowledge	✓	✓	✓				✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Hobbies									✓
Intelligence		✓					✓
Judgment		✓	✓			✓	✓		✓
Language	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓
Learning ability		✓			✓		✓
Memory	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Orientation	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Perception		✓		✓			✓
Problem solving		✓					✓		✓
Psychomotor ability		✓		✓	✓		✓
Reaction time					✓
Self care	✓	✓		✓			✓		✓
Social intactness		✓		✓			✓
Thought content		✓	✓			✓	✓	✓			✓

Key to Abbreviations

BCRS — Brief Cognitive Rating Scale

BDS — Blessed Dementia Scale

CCSE — Cognitive Capacity Screening Examination

CDR — Clinical Dementia Rating

CLS — Cognitive Levels Scale

DAT— Dementia of the Alzheimer Type Inventory

FROMAJE — Function, Reason, Orientation, Memory, Arithmetic, Judgment and Emotional Status

GDS — Global Deterioration Scale

MMSE — Mini-Mental State Exam

MSQ — Mental Status Questionnaire

SPMSQ — Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire