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2. SLUMS Test for Dementia: Usage, Scoring, Reliability - Healthline

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   The SLUMS test for dementia is scored out of 30 points. Higher scores indicate better cognitive function. Lower scores suggest varying degrees of cognitive impairment. Scoring criteria might vary ...

3. MoCA Test for Dementia: Usage, Scoring, Accuracy - Healthline

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   The MoCA test is scored by assigning points to different sections and tasks within the test. The scores from each section are added up to get the total MoCA score, which ranges from 0 to 30. A ...

4. Mental status examination - Wikipedia

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   The mental status examination (MSE) is an important part of the clinical assessment process in neurological and psychiatric practice. It is a structured way of observing and describing a patient's psychological functioning at a given point in time, under the domains of appearance, attitude, behavior, mood and affect, speech, thought process, thought content, perception, cognition, insight, and ...

5. Mental Health Assessment for Diagnosing Mental Illness - WebMD

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   Cognitive evaluation. During the assessment, your doctor will gauge your ability to think clearly, recall information, and use mental reasoning. You may take tests of basic tasks, like focusing ...

6. Saint Louis University Mental Status Exam - Wikipedia

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   The Saint Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) Exam is a brief screening assessment used to detect cognitive impairment. [1] It was developed in 2006 at the Saint Louis University School of Medicine Division of Geriatric Medicine, in affiliation with a Veterans' Affairs medical center. [2] The test was initially developed using a veteran ...

7. Depression Screening: 6 Commonly Used Depression Assessments

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   The Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9) is a widely used self-reported assessment designed to detect the presence and severity of depression. It’s used in a variety of clinical settings, such ...

8. SOFA score - Wikipedia

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   SOFA score. The sequential organ failure assessment score (SOFA score), previously known as the sepsis-related organ failure assessment score, [1] is used to track a person's status during the stay in an intensive care unit (ICU) to determine the extent of a person's organ function or rate of failure. [2][3][4][5][6] The score is based on six ...

9. Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF) Scale - WebMD

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   1 min read. The Global Assessment of Functioning, or GAF, scale is used to rate how serious a mental illness may be. It measures how much a person's symptoms affect their day-to-day life on a ...