4 Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS)

2008 ◽  
pp. 367-368
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

scholarly journals How nurses' attire affects elderly psychiatric patients' ability to recognise them

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 236-238
Author(s):  
Hugh Joseph McCreedy ◽  
Peter William Bentham
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Psychiatric Patients ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

The ability of elderly patients to identify a nurse wearing a uniform as opposed to mufti was investigated together with the effect of administrator attire on the Abbreviated Mental Test score (AMT). Thirty-six out of 71 patients identified a nurse wearing mufti increasing to 59/71 when wearing uniform (P < 0.005). Patients rated by a uniformed nurse had significantly higher mean AMT scores (6.1) than when rated by a nurse in mufti (5.6) (P < 0.01), and this also had a significant effect on the sensitivity in predicting an organic diagnosis.

scholarly journals 247THE ABBREVIATED MENTAL TEST SCORE: THE 1916 QUESTION

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (suppl 2) ◽  
pp. ii13.117-ii56
Author(s):  
Martin M O'Donnell ◽  
Niamh A O'Regan ◽  
David J Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

Validation of the Greek version of the Abbreviated Mental Test Score: Preliminary findings for cognitively impaired patients of different etiology

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Dionysios Tafiadis ◽  
Nafsika Ziavra ◽  
Alexandra Prentza ◽  
Vassiliki Siafaka ◽  
Vasiliki Zarokanellou ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Cognitively Impaired ◽  
Greek Version ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

Validity and reliability of Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) among older Iranian

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (6) ◽  
pp. 460-465 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahshid Foroughan ◽  
Lars-Olof Wahlund ◽  
Zahra Jafari ◽  
Mehdi Rahgozar ◽  
Ida G. Farahani ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Test Score ◽  
Validity And Reliability ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test

scholarly journals The Abbreviated Mental Test Score; Is There a Need for a Contemporaneous Update?

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
pp. 215145932110010
Author(s):  
Kizzie A. Peters ◽  
Thomas J. Howe ◽  
Daniel Rossiter ◽  
Kirsty J. Hutchinson ◽  
Philip A. Rosell
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Hip Fracture ◽  
Test Score ◽  
Terrorist Attack ◽  
Neck Of Femur ◽  
Mental Test ◽  
Mental Test Score ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Abbreviated Mental Test ◽  
Memorable Event

Introduction: Designed in 1972 the Abbreviated Mental Test Score (AMTS) is widely used to assess a cognition on hospital admission. The Nottingham Hip Fracture Score uses this in predicting morbidity/mortality in neck of femur fracture. The consequences of misappropriating cognitive impairment could have lasting implications. Questions about the monarchy or World War One and Two may be inappropriate for today’s diverse society. Materials and Methods: 100 patients were questioned during routine fracture clinic appointments. Patients were asked: In what year did WWII start? Who is the current monarch? Please state a memorable event in your lifetime that you would not expect another person of the same age to forget. Two-tailed Z-tests were performed between the observed proportions and those from the original AMTS validation study. Results: Only 47% (n = 47) were able to correctly answer the year in which WW2 started. A statistically significant difference when compared to the upper and lower limits from the original study (z = -4.191, p < .001.). Significance was not seen in the second question, with 97% (n-97) identifying the monarch correctly. 51% (n = 51) of participants suggested the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York as an alternative memorable event. Discussion: Some hospitals now use the 4 “A”s Test (4-AT) as a screening tool for delirium. Without amendments to the Nottingham Hip Fracture Score, AMTS use is likely to continue in orthogeriatric patients. Over time there will be a need for the AMTS to be reviewed so that it remains a true assessment of cognition. Its limitations regarding language and culture is widely acknowledged and several validated variants have been published in the literaure. Conclusions: We highlight a potential future issue with the AMTS and raise considerations for the development of an alternative question to better meet the needs of the orthogeriatric population.

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