TABLE 4.

Summary of Uses of Screening Instruments

	BCRS	BDS	CCSE	CLS	DAT	FROMAJE	GDS	MMSE	CDR	MSQ	SPMSQ
Rapid clinical assessment	✓	✓	✓			✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Etiology of cognitive decline is unknown	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Differential diagnosis — rule out dementia	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓
Distinguish among dementias	✓				✓
Magnitude of decline	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Predict functional ability	✓	✓		✓		✓	✓		✓

Key to Abbreviations

BCRS — Brief Cognitive Rating Scale

BOS — 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 Quesionnaire