Instrument Name | Concepts Measured | Tools Required (Props/Forms/Software) |
Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog) | Word recall, Naming Objects, following commands/instructions, Constructional praxis (drawing), Ideational Praxis (post a letter), Orientation (Date/time/place), Language, comprehension of spoken language, Word Finding difficulty, Remembering test instructions | Pen, paper, pages with drawings to copy, word lists, Objects (flower, bed, whistle, pencil, rattle, mask, scissors, comb, wallet, harmonica, stethoscope, tongs) |
Mini-mental State Exam (MMSE) | Orientation, Registration, Attention and Calculation Recall, Language, Copying | MMSE Form Paper for copying image Paper for attention and calculation task |
Clinical Dementia Rating Scale—Sum of Boxes (CDR-SOB) | Memory, Orientation, Judgment & Problem Solving, Community Affairs, Home & Hobbies, Personal Care | CDR Interviewer Guide |
Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) | Visuospatial/Executive, Naming, Attention Language, Abstraction, Delayed Recall, Orientation | MoCA Form Paper and Pen for the tracing exercise and clock drawing exercise |
Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) | Immediate Memory, Visuospatial/Construction Language, Attention, Delayed Memory, Total Score | RBANS Kit (contains items for item recognition, word cards, line drawing) |
Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) | Working memory, learning and executive function, visual/verbal memory, episodic memory, attention, information processing, reaction time, decision making | CANTAB Software, usually completed using a Tablet computer |
Cogstate | 17 tests covering; memory, learning, psychomotor function, upper limb function, executive function, attention, verbal learning, processing speed, emotion recognition, | Cogstate Software on computer or paper based tests |
Neuropsychological Test Battery (NTB) | Memory, verbal recall (immediate and delayed), auditory learning, verbal fluency, | Word lists, digit span, stopwatch |
Hopkins Verbal Learning Test (HVLT;Digital Symbols, Trail Making) | Attention, Processing Speed | Digit Symbol Page, Trail making page, pen/pencil |
Logical Memory Test (LMT) | Recall (immediate and delayed) | Short Story, score sheet |
Rey Auditory Verbal Learning Test (RAVLT) | Auditory learning, delayed recall | Word lists, score sheet |
NIH Toolbox Cognition battery (NIHTB-CB) | Working memory, Executive Functioning, intelligence | NIHTB-CB Software |
Free and Cued Selective Reminding Test (FCSRT) | Episodic Memory | Score sheet |
Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT) | Verbal fluency | Stopwatch, pen and paper |
9 Hole Peg Test | Hand dexterity | 9 Hole Peg test |
6 Minute Walk Test (6MWT) | Exercise capacity and coordination | Stopwatch, distance markers |